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For the fans of Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin is ground zero.  Set is the rolling hills of southern Wisconsin near the village of Spring Green, this is still a place where young architects come to learn.

The grounds in the first day of summer 2006.

The courtyard of the main house.

Window detail with Japanese pot in foreground.  Wright was paid a significant sum for designing the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.  He spent most of the commission on artwork.  This gave him a collection to sell when the Great Depression dried up work.  There is still a lot of that art collection left at Taliesin.

The theater at the design school.  The effect of Japanese culture on Wright's work is obvious here.

A beautiful place and important to the history of architecture.  Unfortunately, it needs about $20 million worth of repair work.  For further information see:

http://www.taliesinpreservation.org/

"Remember the I35W bridge--who needs terrorists when there are Republicans"

by techno (reply@elegant-technology.com) on Thu Sep 20th, 2007 at 11:33:12 AM EST
Thanks for these photos, techno.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Thu Sep 20th, 2007 at 11:54:55 AM EST
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