Taliesin West
After a weekend of unimaginable rainfall in the valley, I made the journey out to Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Taliesin West” - the winter camp for himself and fellow architects. The original Taliesin sits in Wisconsin, but the harsh winters drove Wright to find a new site for comfortable work during the off-season.
The summer season self-guided tour price of $40 was a little hard to swallow. However, it’s been such a long time since I’d last toured the site, that I thought it was sorta worth it to see it again. I’ve always been fascinated by Frank Lloyd Wright’s design style, integrating the land and organic materials/concepts into the core of his architecture projects.
As aforementioned, I last visited the site with my grandma and grandpa in 2018. At 10 years old, I was less enthralled with the tour and insight provided, but I remember having fun looking at the funky colors and angles across the campus. Yesterday, I took the self-guided tour, I skipped over parts of it but picked up some interesting information! The rain from the last few days had brought down the temperature quite a bit, but it was still a little steamy. Wright’s breezeway and compression & release techniques made for a nice, cool escape across the indoor/outdoor concept spaces.
At this point I usually like to interject with a couple photos before continuing with final commentary, but to close out this review, I’d like to add a variety of photos I took on my camera yesterday. I was a little taken aback when I realized I would have to weed through and upload over 60 photos, but instead I’ll just do a data dump. The hefty price was a little unexpected, but the architectural beauty tucked within the desert was (for the most part) worth it to me. If these photos look interesting, or you have an eye for design, I think it’s worth it to go at least once.
Also included is a little throwback photo from my first visit in June 2018. I can confirm that the red umbrellas DO still exist, but the weather was nice enough for me to skip out this time.
