Esto Gallery: Fireplaces
Subject: Taliesin West Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright Location: Scottsdale AZ Designed in 1937 as a winter weather headquarters for himself and theTaliesin Fellowship arts school he founded, Taliesin West is one of the architect's most sublime and austere creations. It was constructed in a very isolated part of Arizona, which allowed Wright full freedom to indulge his singular vision. The compound's structures are built of volcanic stone set in concrete, with canvas roofs supported by redwood braces. Open-air "flaps" smoothly blend the structure with the mountainous and desert landscape that surrounds it.