USA - Wisconsin - The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright

Taliesin® Garden Court

Spring Green, Wisconsin

Taliesin, the Spring Garden, Wisconsin, home of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was built in 1911 and served as the architect's residence and studio for nearly 50 years. Robert Campbell, Pulitzer-Prize-winning architecture critic, called Taliesin the "greatest single building in America." Wright had tea here every day at 4.00 p.m. with his apprentices.

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The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright focusses upon the influence that the work of this architect had, not only in his country, the United States of America, but more importantly, on architecture of the 20th century and upon the recognized masters of the Modern Movement in architecture in Europe. The qualities of what is known as ‘Organic Architecture’ developed by Wright, including the open plan, the blurring between exterior and interior, the new uses of materials and technologies and the explicit responses to the suburban and natural settings of the various buildings, have been acknowledged as pivotal in the development of modern architectural design in the 20th century.

The property includes a series of eight buildings designed and built over the first half of the 20th century; each component has specific characteristics, representing new solutions to the needs for housing, worship, work, education and leisure. The diversity of functions, scale and setting of the components of the series fully illustrate the architectural principles of “organic architecture” (read more).