Taliesin West, Rock and Concrete Wall Construction
You may not have heard of Taliesin West but I am sure you have heard of Frank Lloyd Wright — probably the best known architect ever. His popularity even overlapped into popular culture — note the Simon and Garfunkel song from 1970, "So Long Frank Lloyd Wright". Taliesin West is Wright's winter home and architecture school located just outside Scottsdale at the foot of the McDowell mountains. Wright began coming to this area in 1933 and in 1937 he purchased the land for some $ an acre. Additional land was added and subtracted over time but the property still consists of about 500 acres. The architecture school survived with students spending part of the year here and part of the year in Taliesin in Wisconsin until quite recently. Due to conflicts between the school and Taliesin West, the school is changing its name and moving to Paolo Soleri's Cosanti. Back outside I took a closeup shot of one of the walls built using the rock and concrete construction that I mentioned in the Description of another photo. It is an interesting use of the available materials, obviously keeping the building costs contained.
Size: 6991px × 4661px
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Photo credit: © B. David Cathell / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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