Mindy | 
07 12th, 2010| 
Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘Taliesin West’ home is in Scottsdale, Arizona, located at 12621 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd. ‘Taliesin West’ was built in the late 1930s and consists of a cluster of buildings, which are now a National Historic Landmark.
Taliesin was patterned after the feeling and flow of the desert surroundings and became Frank Lloyd Wright’s favorite building and his winter home. He used the building of Taliesin as a school for his architecture students; they learned by doing, which was FLW’s teaching style . Wright’s former office, including a Cabaret Theater and the Pavilion Theater are the highlights of the tour.
The tours are offered every day and last about an hour for the Panorama version. Taliesin is easy to get to from any of the five star hotels Scottsdale offers. There are longer tours that are jammed packed with great information and can last up to 90 minutes. You’ll learn how FLW bought the land with a down-payment from his ‘Falling Water’ house and how he had his students build it, and pay him for the experience! All the students received new experiences at Taliesin, learned new building techniques, new lighting and new acoustics. You’ll also learn how the students suffered in the harsh climate of the desert and how that affected some parts of the complex.
The tour of Taliesin will show you what materials were replaced and show you renovation plans that will be extremely costly. You’ll see an original lay-out and get to know how to connect the different buildings and their functionality. You’ll leave very inspired and in awe of just how innovative Frank Lloyd Wright was and how his techniques still influence many structures today.
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