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Date: 1911
City: Banff, Alberta, Canada
Category: Recreational
Restoration status: Demolished in 1938
The one-story recreational facility Wright designed in Alberta, Canada, was the result of a collaboration with Canadian architect Francis C. Sullivan. Wright conceived of the structure’s design while Sullivan prepared working drawings and oversaw its construction. The long, low-lying structure featured dark-stained board and batten siding and rough fieldstone that complemented the rocky mountain range in the surrounding landscape…
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Date: 1907
City: Oak Park, Illinois
Category: Commercial
Restoration Status: Demolished, 1950s
Established in 1868, Pebbles and Balch was a purveyor of paint and wallpaper in Oak Park. By the time Wright was commissioned to remodel the company’s brick storefront in 1907, its inventory had expanded to include textiles, furniture, flooring, lighting fixtures, and other home furnishings. Wright introduced a large plate-glass window for display, and framed it with a long band of casement windows on top and narrow…
Oak Park is home to the world’s largest collection of buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Explore its picturesque historic neighborhoods on a guided bicycle tour of 21 Wright-designed structures. Wright sites featured on this tour include Wright’s Home and Studio, Frank Thomas House, Heurtley House, Cheney House, Furbeck House and more.
Bring your own bike or one can be provided (included in tour admission).
Tour operates rain or shine.
Tour length: 2 hours
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Date: 1906
Address: 238 Forest Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois
City: Oak Park, Illinois
Accessibility: Private
Category: Residential
In 1906, Emma Beachy, the daughter of Peter Fahrney, a successful doctor and real-estate investor in Chicago, commissioned Wright to renovate a Gothic cottage on Forest Avenue for her children and second husband, Peter A. Beachy. Wright’s renovations were dramatic, and left little more than the foundation of the original structure intact. The resulting house is situated on the northern corner of its…
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Date: 1909
Address: 856 Wilson Ave., Chicago, IL
City: Chicago, Illinois
Category: Commercial
Notation: Demolished in 1922
The Peter C. Stohr Arcade Building was a commercial structure that housed a variety of businesses including a grocery, photography studio, and real estate office. Destined for a triangular lot beneath the elevated tracks of the Northwestern Railroad, the project posed a number of design challenges. Steel columns punctuated the irregularly shaped property, and Wright had…
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Date: 1894
Address: 108 S Eighth Avenue, La Grange, Illinois, 60525
City: La Grange, Illinois
Accessibility: Private
Category: Residential
Restoration Status: front porch removed
With a central fireplace surrounded by a living room, dining room, pantry, kitchen, and hall, the Peter Goan house is similar in plan to Wright’s own residence. Four bedrooms and a bathroom are accessed from a central hall on the second floor. The lower three quarters of the exterior facade is clad in shingles, while the area just below the soffit is of…
The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust is collaborating with the Driehaus Museum to host Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright: An Evening for Educators. This session will focus on the Driehaus Museum's exhibition, Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright, which includes photographs taken of Wright and his architecture, as well as Wright's own photography. Teachers will participate in a photography-based storytelling workshop, led by teaching artist Lisa Lindvay. This workshop is meant to enhance design-based learning in the classroom. Participants will earn 2 ISBE credit hours.
The exhibition is organized thematically by the leading photographers who documented Wright’s career and includes Wright’s own photography. These compelling images, published in magazines and books, helped him attain widespread visibility and contributed to his fame. Architectural photographers in the exhibition include Henry Fuermann & Sons, Julius Shulman, Hedrich-Blessing, Ezra Stoller and Pedro Guerrero.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust, Chicago, is a collaborating partner in Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust is a collaborating partner for the Driehaus Museum’s exhibition Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright.
Using the exhibition Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright as inspiration, guests will learn what it takes to compose great architectural photos from a practicing photographer in this workshop co-hosted by the Driehaus Museum and Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. Wright’s groundbreaking architecture was expertly recorded by photographers throughout his career, with each artist injecting their own style into the portrayal of Wright’s work.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust is a collaborating partner for the Driehaus Museum’s exhibition Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright.
Using the exhibition Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright as inspiration, guests will learn what it takes to compose great architectural photos from a practicing photographer in this workshop co-hosted by the Driehaus Museum and Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. Wright’s groundbreaking architecture was expertly recorded by photographers throughout his career, with each artist injecting their own style into the portrayal of Wright’s work.
Mason City, IA is a hidden jewel, featuring a stellar collection of Prairie School-style homes set amidst a picturesque natural landscape. Join Frank Lloyd Wright Curator Sarah Holian on Travel Wright’s inaugural journey to this small Midwestern city that is known as one of the best destinations for architecture—not just in the nation—but the world.
We spend our lives earning a living and then enjoy our retirement years traveling and volunteering. Many, however, don’t plan for a final gift to the organizations they have loved and supported throughout their lives.
The Legacy Society provides a means for you to include the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust in your final plans, to create a legacy in your name so that others may experience the innovative and influential ideas of Frank Lloyd Wright which you have come to know and appreciate.
There are a number of creative ways to support the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust such as a will bequest or trust,…
The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust maintains the following privacy policy to protect personal information you provide online.Our Web server automatically recognizes information regarding the domain of each visitor to our Website, but not the e-mail address nor any other personal information. Our system can identify which Internet Service Provider our visitors use, but not the names, addresses or other information about our visitors that would enable us to identify the particular visitors to our sites.We also track information about visits to our Website using Google Analytics. For example, we…
The following list includes links to all public Wright sites in the United States.
Alabama
The Rosenbaum House
601 Riverview Dr, Florence, AL 35630
Arizona
Arizona Biltmore Hotel
24th St and Missouri, Phoenix, AZ 85016
Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium
Arizona State University Campus Gammage Pkwy and Apache Blvd, Tempe, AZ 85287
Taliesin West
12621 North Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ 85259
Arkansas
Bachman-Wilson House
600 Museum Way, Bentonville, AR 72712
California
The Hanna House
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-6115
Hollyhock House
4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los…
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Date: 1908
Address: 9914 South Longwood Drive, Chicago IL.
City: Chicago, Illinois
Accessibility: Private
Category: Residential
Wright’s buildings are defined by an overriding design philosophy which he termed, “organic architecture,” “an architecture that develops from within outward in harmony with the conditions of its being.” This concept, which emphasizes harmony between distinct design elements, is reinforced in the Evans house, where there is an inherent correspondence between architecture, decorative finishes, and…
The Works on Paper Collection includes prints, drawings, photographs, letters, portfolios and books, which comprise reference and rotating collections and archives. Items from Wright’s own collection of books and prints attest to his early interests and influences, while drawings, photographs and correspondence illuminate the prolific output of Wright’s Oak Park Studio.
Highlights of the reference and rotating collection include rare sketches executed by Wright and Catherine Tobin Wright on their honeymoon in 1889, family photographs - including the 1905 album of…
The Works on Paper Collection includes prints, drawings, photographs, letters, portfolios and books, which comprise reference and rotating collections and archives. Items from Wright’s own collection of books and prints attest to his early interests and influences, while drawings, photographs and correspondence illuminate the prolific output of Wright’s Oak Park Studio.
Highlights of the reference and rotating collection include rare sketches executed by Wright and Catherine Tobin Wright on their honeymoon in 1889, family photographs - including the 1905 album of…