Taliesin West: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Iconic “Desert Laboratory”

Frank Wright’s Unbuilt Tower Would Dwarf The Burj Khalifa – And It Was Designed 70 Years Ago

In 1956, American architect Frank Lloyd Wright presented one of the most ambitious architectural concepts of all time: The Illinois, a towering skyscraper designed to stand over 2.4 kilometers high in the heart of Chicago. Nearly seventy years before modern supertall structures like the Burj Khalifa, Wright envisioned a skyscraper that would have surpassed them […] The post Frank Wright’s Unbuilt Tower Would Dwarf The Burj Khalifa – And It Was D…

Taliesin West: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Iconic “Desert Laboratory”

Visit Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Desert Laboratory” Nestled in Arizona Nestled in the foothills of the McDowell Mountains in the Sonoran Desert sits an architectural gem designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Known as Taliesin West, the pioneering architect saw it as his desert laboratory. There, he and his apprentices lived and worked while continuing to design innovative structures that followed Wright’s principle of organic architecture. […