TALIESIN WEST

I have always wanted to see a Frank Lloyd Wright house and we finally had an opportunity to do just  that. Taliesin West  is in Scottsdale, just a little ways from Mesa.  They give tours  daily, we bought our tickets online and headed over there the end of February. Taliesin West is a National Landmark.

Taliesin West  was  Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and school in the desert from 1937 until his death in 1959 at the age of 91. Taliesin West  has been called Frank Lloyd's Wright's desert laboratory. It was built entirely by the students who attended Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, which is open to this day. Students come here with their families and live and attend school.

When Taliesin West was begun, there was no water or electricity, all the work was  done by hand. Deeply connected to the desert from which it was forged. Frank Lloyd Wright was so upset when electricity finally came to Taliesin West. The electric poles  ruioned his view!

He wanted to move and start building another home, but his wife refused, saying he was 80 by then and too old to be starting another project!

Frank Lloyd Wright's ideas were so far ahead of his time.

This is in  his office and one of drawings.

He also designed the furniture that  his students built to furnish the home and school.

What a treat this was!

This was his bedroom where he slept and worked.

We both enjoyed seeing Frank Lloyd Wright's work.

I would like to see more of his work, maybe in our travels, we will have that opportunity!