The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation

The other day my wife and I went to do a tour of the Taliesin West facility, a group of buildings built by Frank Lloyd Wright, a famous architect known for such buildings as "falling Water" and The Guggenheim Museum in New York city.

The Taliesin West facility is run by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and the tours are divided up into different lengths with costs that range from $35 per person for adults for a 1hour tour and prices go up from there.


What exactly is the purpose of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation?

This is what the web site says: The foundation established by Wright himself at Taliesin West in Arizona aims to advance the principles of organic architecture and preserve Wright's ...

It seems to me the purpose of the foundation is to separate you from your money and collect a large pile of the oh mighty American dollar. Mr. Wright believed in organic architecture and as such built the roof panels out of canvas over a frame that would tilt and let in the afternoon breezes (notice the white panels in the photo).


I guess the only time Mr. Wright would visit Arizona was during the winter time because right now it's like 114 degrees here in Arizona and none of his buildings are air conditioned.

So, $70 for two adults to walk around and look at a bunch of non-air conditioned buildings for one hour seems a bit excessive to me.

Another one of those things that cost lots of money when it should not!