Taliesin West

Scottsdale, United States

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Taliesin West is a studio and residential complex in Scottsdale, Arizona, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright beginning in 1937. Serving as Wright's winter home and architectural school from 1937 until his death in 1959, the compound grew from temporary structures erected by Wright's apprentices between 1938 and 1941 into a sprawling composition of interconnected buildings arranged on a 45-degree grid. The architecture employs desert masonry—local rocks and concrete—with wood-and-canvas roofs, and features geometric patterns including triangles and hexagons inspired by natural forms. The complex houses a drafting room, family residence, performance venues, a kiva room, and other spaces that together demonstrate Wright's integration of structure with landscape. Now the headquarters of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Taliesin West has undergone successive renovations and remains celebrated for its innovative use of local materials and harmonious relation to the desert environment.

Architect

Frank Lloyd Wright

Built: 1937
Type: school building, artist's house
Heritage: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place: Scottsdale, United States

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33.60639, -111.84528