Taliesin West
Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and school, Scottsdale, Arizona, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Taliesin property in Arizona. For the property in Wisconsin, see Taliesin (studio). For other uses, see Taliesin (disambiguation).
Taliesin West was architect Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and studio in the desert from 1937 until his death in 1959 at the age of 91. It is the headquarters of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
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Location | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
Coordinates | 33°36′22.8″N 111°50′45.5″W |
Area | 495 acres (200 ha) |
Built | 1937 |
Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
Architectural style(s) | Organic architecture |
Criteria | Cultural: (ii) |
Designated | 2019 (43rd session) |
Part of | The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright |
Reference no. | 1496-007 |
Region | Europe and North America |
Designated | February 12, 1974[1] |
Reference no. | 74000457 |
Designated | May 20, 1982[2] |
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Open to the public for tours, Taliesin West is located on Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard in Scottsdale, Arizona. The complex drew its name from Wright's home, Taliesin, in Spring Green, Wisconsin.