Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture has always been my favorite and today we got a chance to tour Taliesin West, his winter residence or "camp" from 1937 to his death in 1959. Wright believed that architecture is life taking form. His designs integrated buildings with their surroundings, drawing inspiration from the nature and materials of the setting--appropriate to "time, place, and man," according to Wright. Of the 100 buildings listed in The Architectural Record as the most significant in the world, 11 were by Wright. Taliesin West was built entirely by Wright's apprentices as a "learn by doing" exercise. Apparently, he was a master of "the deal." Although he could be very difficult, opinionated, and stubborn, Wright was very patient with and good to his students. Taliesin West continues as an educational facility under the accredited Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture.
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