American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright had two homes. Talisen East, near Madison, Wisconsin and Taliesen West, near Phoenix Arizona. These homes illustrate Wright’s fundamental architectural principle, that buildings must blend with and seem to grow from their natural settings. Both structures reveal a conscious return to nature as inspiration for their design. ‘Awareness of environment’ says Wright ‘permits sustained original creation’. Taliesen East is a graceful structure, predominently in wood.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010571
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Nature (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Aesthetics
Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture
Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture - United States
Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture, Modern - 20th century
Crafts & Visual Arts → Nature (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)