Frank Lloyd Wright

Mar05

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Architecture School May Stay Open

Written By Editor on March 5, 2020 in schools, Scottsdale, Wisconsin, _story

The school founded by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright may keep its doors open after all. The Arizona Republic reports that the school, now known as The School of Architecture at Taliesin, has found the money it needs to keep educating future architects. Taliesin West (via Apple Maps) How long the word “Taliesin” stays in the school’s name remains to be seen. The school divorced from the Frank Lloyd Wright...

Feb03

Architecture School Founded by Frank Lloyd Wright to Shutter

Written By Editor on February 3, 2020 in architects, schools, Scottsdale, Wisconsin, _story

The architecture school started by one of the giants of his discipline will soon be no more. The School of Architecture at Taliesin, founded by Frank Lloyd Wright, will close at the end of this coming June. Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin, 1925. More than 1,200 people passed through the school’s programs over the last 88 years at both the Spring Green, Wisconsin and Scottsdale, Arizona locations. There are currently...

Apr29

Holy Foods: World’s Best Supermarket Breaks Ground in Downtown Chicago

Written By Editor on April 29, 2019 in Gold Coast, Skyscrapers, _story

Why are we so excited about a groundbreaking for a new supermarket in downtown Chicago? It’s not like it’s a pre-Kroger Mariano’s. It’s just Whole Foods: the hallmark of pre-recession soccer mom conspicuous consumption that jumped the shark long before it was munched up by Amazon.com in a cloud of Escalade yoga pants and free range kale chip sippy cups. April 2019 rendering of One Chicago (Courtesy of Goettsch...

Aug31

Chicago Artist Does an Architecture and Video Game Mashup

Written By Editor on August 31, 2016 in architects, architecture, art, _story

We don’t play a lot of video games here at the Chicago Architecture Blog, and when we do it’s generally on a funky-smelling Atari 2600 hooked up to a 65-inch display just to prove we can still kick ass at Asteroids. But a new game soon to come from Chicago artist William Chyr might make us actually plonk for a PlayBox 9 or whatever the kids are mashing buttons on these days. It’s called Manifold Garden, and throws...

Jun13

Rising Sinclair Masks Old Town Mural

Written By Editor on June 13, 2016 in Construction, Old Town, Skyscrapers, _story

Chicago is a city of landmarks, both official and unofficial. One of the city’s beloved, but still unofficial, landmarks is the trompe-l’œil mural painted on the south side of the LaSalle Towers apartment building at 1211 North LaSalle Street. It’s called Homage to the Chicago School of Architecture, and is the work of Richard Haas and went up in the 1980’s during a renovation of the 1929 building. But...

Feb08

Big Grant to Help Conserve Adler & Sullivan’s Charnley-Persky House

Written By Editor on February 8, 2016 in architecture, Gold Coast, _story

It’s the ultimate in name-dropping. The Charnley-Persky House, designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan when Frank Lloyd Wright was still getting them coffee (apprentice… intern… whatever) and formerly owned by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, has a brighter future this morning. The Society of Architectural Historians, which currently occupies the Gold Coast manse, has received a $123,000 grant to help keep the...

Dec10

Charnley-Persky House Is The Result Of A Collaboration Between Two Legendary Architects

Written By Bill Motchan on December 10, 2015 in Gold Coast, preservation, _story

Among the classic stately mansions you’ll find along the Gold Coast, one house stands out. The Charnley-Persky House at 1365 North Astor Street is noteworthy for both its symmetrical design and for the architects who designed it. The design dream team was Louis Sullivan and his junior draftsman: Frank Lloyd Wright. This structure was one of the fascinating architectural gems open to visitors during the Chicago Architecture...

Nov13

If Frank Lloyd Wright Had Designed A Bus Shelter, Here’s What It Might Look Like

Written By Bill Motchan on November 13, 2015 in The Loop, _story

Frank Lloyd Wright was known for many accomplishments. He designed more than 1,100 buildings and homes. His masterpieces included the Guggenheim Museum and the Marin County Civic Center. He developed the theory “form and function are one.” All well and good, but did he ever design a bus shelter? Evidence points to that glaring omission from Wright’s body of work. However, SC Johnson is honoring Wright as part of its...

Oct15

OHC Offers A Big Weekend Ahead In Chicago For Architecture Buffs

Written By Bill Motchan on October 15, 2015 in design, The Loop, _story

The Cubs are on their way to the National League Championship Series and you can drink hooch at a Taco Bell in Wicker Park. So clearly, there’s a lot to like about Chicago right now. And, if you’re an architecture buff, you have an embarrassment of riches with the Chicago Architecture Biennial now in full swing, and this weekend, the Chicago Architecture Foundation bonanza, Open House Chicago. The Foundation succinctly...

Jul16

Wright Time to Visit Oak Park

Written By Editor on July 16, 2015 in events, history, Oak Park, _story

Do you love architecture? Of course you do! Do you love money? Of course you do! That’s why it’s important for you to know that tomorrow you can tour the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio in Oak Park for the low low price of… free! It’s a bargain at twice the price! The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust is having a whole day of free events and tours to celebrate the first tour it gave way back in 1974, when a stamp...