Taliesin West

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Taliesin West is architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s former winter home and studio, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and architecture school campus renowned for its desert-integrated design.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
architectural landmark
architecture school campus
building complex
museum
architect Frank Lloyd Wright
associatedWith Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture
The School of Architecture at Taliesin
constructionStartDate 1937
continent North America
coordinateLatitude 33.611
coordinateLongitude -111.846
country United States
currentUse architecture school campus
museum
designedForClimate Sonoran Desert NERFINISHED
formerUse studio of Frank Lloyd Wright
winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright
hasPart drafting studio
garden room
kiva
pools and terraces
residential quarters
theatre
heritageDesignation U.S. National Historic Landmark
UNESCO World Heritage Site
listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn Arizona
Maricopa County, Arizona NERFINISHED
Scottsdale, Arizona NERFINISHED
United States
materialUsed canvas
concrete
desert stone
wood
namedAfter Taliesin (Spring Green, Wisconsin)
notableFor experimental design laboratory for Frank Lloyd Wright
indoor-outdoor spatial continuity
integration with desert landscape
low, horizontal forms
use of local materials
openToPublic yes
operator Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
owner Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
partOf The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
setting Sonoran Desert NERFINISHED
style Modern architecture
Organic architecture
touristAttraction yes
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2019


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