Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Taliesin East Fellowship Complex
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Preferred Title:
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Taliesin East Fellowship Complex
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Alternate Title:
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Hillside Home School
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Image View:
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View of bridge connecting the south complex with drafting room from west
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Creator:
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Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959)
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Location:
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site: Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States
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Date:
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1902-1933 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Modernist; Modern; Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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classroom
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Work Type 2:
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studio (work space)
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Work Type 3:
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dormitory (building)
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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stone; wood
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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agriculture; architectural exteriors; Education; Housing; dwelling, education
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Description:
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The entire Taliesin estate (593 acres) is a National Historic Landmark. A superb example of Wright's organic architecture, growing out of his Prairie Style work, Taliesin was the second great center of his activity (after Oak Park, Illinois). The principal surviving complexes are Taliesin III (1925), Hillside Home School (1902, 1933), and Midway Farm (1938); additions include those done by the students who studied under Wright after the funding of the Taliesin Fellowship in 1932. Wright lived here each summer until his death in 1959. It continues to be the summer headquarters of the Taliesin Fellowship. The Fellowship complex includes the light-filled Assembly Hall, the dramatic 5,000-square-foot Drafting Studio, the Romeo and Juliet Windmill Tower, and the jewel-like Theater with its handmade curtain representing the Wisconsin countryside. (Source: National Register of Historic Places [website]; http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Three
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Identifier:
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1A1-WFL-TE-C2
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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