Taliesin west

Spring of 2019, I went with my family to Scottsdale, Arizona, and I got the opportunity to tour Taliesin West. The building, or perhaps more fittingly, the compound, operated as Frank Lloyd Wright’s School of Architecture beginning in 1932. It was an architecture school until closing in Spring of 2020. The setting in the Arizona mountains adds a serene atmosphere to the campus, surrounded by boulders and cacti. The building draws from many sources of inspiration, with many Japanese motifs located around the campus. Getting to see it in person was so interesting, with its close quarters, sloped ceilings, fully aluminum bathrooms, and oddly shaped doors. Taliesin West feels like a concept house that was never supposed to be built, but was, and is absolutely worth visiting.

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