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Taliesin West 2014 (1937 - S.241). Set of 87 - Color 13 x 20 High Res Digital images photographed on April 16, 2014 during a trip to Scottsdale, Arizona. Ten years after our first visit to Taliesin West, and armed with a newer camera, we had the opportunity to visit Taliesin West again, tour the complex and thank Arnold Roy, Margo Stipe and Oskar Muńoz, for there assistance in our endeavor publishing "Frank Lloyd Wright, Nakoma Clubhouse and Sculptures." It was my pleasure! Frank Lloyd Wright’s first trip to the Phoenix area was in January 1927, for the purpose of working on the Arizona Biltmore. In 1928, they were back in the Phoenix area. The set up a temporary camp they named
‘Ocotillo,’ built on the site near the project San Marcos-in-the-Desert. When the stock market crashed, Ocotillo was abandoned, but not the warm winters of Arizona. They purchased land Northwest of Phoenix in 1937 and began building Taliesin West, the winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship. At the time, like the Arizona Biltmore, they were in the middle of the "wilderness," surrounded only by open and vast vegetation desert rocks and wilderness as far as the eye could see. Today, Taliesin West is bordered on three sides by development and the fourth by the McDowell Mountains. 87 - 13 x 20 Color high res digital photographs.
Photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on April 16, 2014.
1) View of Taliesin West from the Southwest. A Rock sculpture set at the entry drive is on the far left. The Drafting Room is to the left. Apartments, Dining Room and Sunset Terrace are in the center, the Garden Room and Wright’s apartment to the right. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -1) 
2) View of Taliesin West from the Southwest. A Rock sculpture set at the entry drive is on the left. The Drafting Room is to the left. Apartments, Dining Room and Sunset Terrace are in the center, the Garden Room and Wright’s apartment to the right. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -2) 
3) View of Taliesin West from the Southwest. A Rock sculpture set at the entry drive is in the foreground. Taliesin West is in the background. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -3) 
4) View of Taliesin West from the Southwest. The Drafting Room is to the left. Apartments, Dining Room and Sunset Terrace are in the center, the Garden Room and Wright’s apartment to the right. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -4) 
5) The light tower, viewed from entrance was built in 1939. The visitor’s center and original work shop are to the left of the light tower. The tower, like the rest of the walls at Taliesin West is constructed of desert masonry, the walls are sloping. Besides the light pole there is an ornamental metal design as-well-as a decorative metal gate. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -5) 
6) The light tower, viewed from entrance was built in 1939. The visitor’s center and original work shop are to the left of the light tower. The tower, like the rest of the walls at Taliesin West is constructed of desert masonry, the walls are sloping. Besides the light pole there is an ornamental metal design as-well-as a decorative metal gate. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -6) 
7) Light Tower viewed from the South. The decorative metal gate is affixed to the light tower. The Visitor’s Center is to the left. Above the gate is a ornamental metal design. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -7) 
8) Light Tower and Fountain Basin viewed from the East. On the right side of the Light Tower is the Fountain Basin added in 1955. Visitor’s Center is on the right. A hammer is cleverly embedded on the East side of the Light Tower just down from the top. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -8) 9) Detail of the Fountain Basin. A reproduction of the Nakoma and Nakomis statues are on the far right. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -9)
10) View of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Office from the South. Built in 1939. As one of the first buildings constructed, the office served as the "dominant architectural theme for the complex," and embodies many of the character defining features of the site. Taliesin West Historic Preservation Plan, 2008. Constructed of desert masonry. Forms were constructed and filled with local rocks and boulders. Concrete was then poured into the forms. The roof is supported by exposed wood and steel beams. Walls are constructed of desert masonry. The roof is covered with translucent panels. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -10) 
11) Detail view of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Office from the South. Constructed of desert masonry. Forms were constructed and filled with local rocks and boulders. Concrete was then poured into the forms. The roof is supported by exposed wood and steel beams. Walls are constructed of desert masonry. The roof is covered with translucent panels. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -11) 
12) Detail of the exposed wood and steel beams, and desert masonry walls. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -12) 
13) The Entrance to Wright’s Office is to the left. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -13) 
14) Fireplace in Wright’s Office viewed from the South. Floors are tinted concrete, Cherokee Red. Walls are constructed of desert masonry. Glass windows intersect the concrete. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -14) 
15) Detail of the Office construction. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -15) 
16) Two variations of Wright designed chairs. The round chairs in the background were designed for Midway Gardens. The red hexagonal backed chairs are plentiful at Taliesin. Other hexagonal backed chairs include Midway Gardens (1913), Imperial Hotel (1915) and Price Tower (1952). On the table is a drawing of a project Frank Lloyd Wright designed in 1957, the Arizona State Capitol Building "Pro Bono Publico - Arizona." 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -16) 
17) Detail of the wall and window construction. A small enclosed "courtyard" is to the right. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -17) 
18) View of the Pergola from the Northwest. The walkway on the Northeast side of the Drafting Room is covered by a wooden Pergola. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -18)
19) View of the Drafting Studio from the North. The roof of the Studio is similar in design to Wright’s Office. It is rectilinear in shape, divided into sixteen-foot units and is 96x30. There is a fireplace on the East end of the studio, a stone and concrete vault on the West. Like many of Wright’s Living Rooms, doors and windows are floor to ceiling. Doors open outward. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -19) 
20) Detail of the walkway Pergola. Beam supports are resting on a desert masonry wall. The smaller geometric patters are replicated on both sides of the walkway. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -20) 
21) View of the Drafting Studio from the Northwest. The Pergola and walkway are on the left, the lawn and pool are on the right. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -21) 
22) View of the West end of the Drafting Studio. Wright added a concrete vault on this end of the Drafting Studio and a fireplace on the other end. Constructed of desert masonry. Forms were constructed and filled with local rocks and boulders. Concrete was then poured into the forms. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -22) 
23) View of the West end of the Drafting Studio. Twin sets of pattered poles decorate either end of the Drafting Studio. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -23) 
24) Detail of the construction of the desert masonry walls. The small enclosed area is open to the weather and planted with native flora. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -24) 
25) Detail of the construction of the desert masonry walls. The small enclosed area is open to the weather and planted with native flora. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -25) 
26) View of the Drafting Studio from the West. Guest Quarters seen in the center background, were added to the second floor above the kitchen and dining areas in 1941. Stairs lead to the East end of the Drafting Studio and the Kitchen. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -26) 
27) View from the Northwest. An Indian Rock, native to the property, is mounted at the top of the stairs. The Drafting Studio is on the left, Annex Office on the right, Guest Quarters in the center on the upper level. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -27) 
28) Detail of the exposed wood and steel beams, and desert masonry walls. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -28) 
29)The roof is supported by exposed wood and steel beams. Walls are constructed of desert masonry. The roof is covered with translucent panels. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -29) 
30) View from the West. The Triangle Pool is in the foreground. An Indian Rock is mounted at the top of the stairs. The Drafting Studio is on the left, Annex Office on the right, Guest Quarters in the center on the upper level. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -30) 
31) View from the West. The Triangle Pool is in the foreground. An Indian Rock is mounted at the top of the stairs. The Drafting Studio is on the left, Annex Office on the right, Guest Quarters in the center on the upper level. Stairs lead to the Drafting Studio and the Kitchen. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -31) 
32) View of the Annex Office from the West. The Triangle Pool is in the foreground. An Indian Rock is mounted at the top of the stairs. The Drafting Studio is on the left, the Sunset Terrace is on the right, Guest Quarters in the center on the upper level. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -32) 
33) View of the Annex Office from the West. Decorative "Icicles" hand from the roof. One of the twelve ceramic Chinese Theaters is embedded in desert masonry at the front of the Annex Office. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -33) 
34) View of the Annex Office from the Southwest. The Triangle Pool is in the foreground. An Indian Rock is mounted at the top of the stairs. The Drafting Studio is on the left, the Sunset Terrace is on the right, Guest Quarters in the center on the upper level. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -34) 
35) View of the Annex Office from the Southwest. One of the twelve ceramic Chinese Theaters is embedded in desert masonry at the front of the Annex Office. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -35) 
36) View of the Drafting Studio from the Southwest. The Drafting Studio is on the left, Guest Quarters are to the right. The Annex Office is in the center. The Sunset Terrace is to the right. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -36) 
37) View of the Drafting Studio from the Southwest. The Drafting Studio is on the left, Guest Quarters are to the right. The Annex Office is in the center. The Sunset Terrace is to the right. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -37) 
38) View of the Annex Office from the Southwest. Decorative "Icicles" hand from the roof. One of the twelve ceramic Chinese Theaters is embedded in desert masonry at the front of the Annex Office. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -38) 
39) From the Southwest corner of the lawn, looking toward the Sunset Terrace. The Office Annex is to the left, the Sunset Terrace is to the right. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -39) 
40) Heading toward the Sunset Terrace, looking back at the Drafting studio and the Annex Office from the Southeast. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -40) 
41) View of the Drafting studio from the Southeast. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -41) 
42) View of the Annex Office from the Southeast. Decorative "Icicles" hand from the roof. One of the twelve ceramic Chinese Theaters is embedded in desert masonry at the front of the Annex Office. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -42) 
43) View of the Sunset Terrace from the Southwest. The passage to the Dining Room is on the left. The Garden Room is on the right. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -43) 44) View of the Sunset Terrace from the Southwest. Two of the twelve ceramic Chinese Theaters are place on the Terrace. Similar in design to the Wright’s Office and the Drafting Room, the roof of the Garden Room is supported by exposed wood and steel beams. Walls are constructed of desert masonry. The roof is covered with translucent panels. The memorial to Svet, William Wesley Peters' first wife is on the left. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -44)
45) On the outer edge of the Sunset Terrace sets one of the twelve ceramic Chinese Theaters, embedded in a desert masonry pedestal. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -45) 
46) Details of the West wall of the Garden Room. Similar in design to the Wright’s Office and the Drafting Room. The roof is supported by exposed wood and steel beams. Walls are constructed of desert masonry. The roof is covered with translucent panels. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -46) 
47) Detail of the exposed wood and steel beams, the lighting and the desert masonry walls. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -47) 
48) In the center of the courtyard is a Memorial to Svet, William Wesley Peters' first wife. In 1946 when Peters' son Brandoch was four years old, Svetlana and son Daniel, were killed in an automobile accident at Taliesin. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the memorial. The triangle shape, originally of redwood, supports three plowshare discs. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -48) 
49) View of the Northeast corner of the Sunset Terrace. The passageway to the Dining Room is on the left, a doorway to the Garden Room and Wright’s apartment is on the right. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -49) 
50) One of the ceramic Chinese Theaters is embedded in the desert masonry wall. Note the shape of the door leading to the Garden Room on the right. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -50)
51) Original Midway Garden Sprite in the Garden Room courtyard. "Around Dawn Manor cluster many memories of Mrs. Raab’s good friend, Frank Lloyd Wright. Among the flowers beside the drive stand five statues of laughing girls. These charming figures were cast in cement by Mr. Wright, the first person ever to sculpture in cement. They are of his daughter-in-law, and twelve of them were originally made for decorations in Midway Gardens of Chicago. Later they were purchased by Mrs. Raab, who gave half of them to Mr. Wright for his Theater at Taliesin." 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -51) 
52) Detail of the contemplative Midway Gardens Sprite. "On the outside walls and terraces of Midway Gardens Wright also placed fifty-four castings in concrete of four different sculptural figures." Frank Lloyd Wright and Midway Gardens, Kruty, 1998, p.134. Two are in the Garden Room courtyard. On the left, close to the chimney is the contemplative Sprite. Head bowed, downcast eyes, with hands folded across her chest. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -52) 53) To the right side of the Garden Room courtyard is the smiling Sprite. Her head is turned sideways, holding a decorative wand in her hands that are folded across her chest. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -53) 
54) Detail of the original Midway Garden smiling Sprite. The Garden Room is in the background. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -54) 
55) After circling counter clockwise from the Visitors Center past the Office and Drafting Studio to the Sunset Terrace, we are heading back toward the visitors center. View of the Kiva or Hogan Theater from the South. Constructed of desert masonry, the roof is flat, creating a deck above the Kiva. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -55) 56) View of the interior of the Kiva. A screen is above the fireplace. Note the shape of the door on the right. The floor is Cherokee Red. Two Midway Garden chairs are on the left. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -56)
57) The ceiling is constructed of desert masonry. Detail of the ceiling design with recessed lighting. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -57) 58) Decorative light fixtures hang from the ceiling of the Kiva. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -58) 59) View of the Water Tower from the Northwest. There are three main towers at Taliesin West. The Light Tower, the Bell Tower and the Water Tower. All are constructed of desert masonry with wood topping the Bell and Water towers. The concrete stone bridge over the pool and walkway connects the upper apartments on the right with the Kiva to the left. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -59) 60) View of the stairs leading to the deck above the Kiva. Continuing across the deck leads to stairs down to the bridge leading to the Water tower and upper apartment. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -60) 61) The stairs on the left lead to the deck above the Kiva. The bridge to the right of the Kiva leads to the upper apartment on the right. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -61) 62) On the Southeast side of the passageway from the Sunset Terrace to the Dining Room is this cantilevered fireplace. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -62)
63) The Dining Room is on the Northwest side of the passageway, and between the Water Tower and the Bell Tower. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -63) 64) View of the Dining Room from the East. Glass walls run from floor to ceiling. The Bell Tower is in the background. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -64) 65) View of the Dining Room from the East. The passageway is on the left, the Bell Tower is to the right, the Drafting Studio is in the background. The stairs in the foreground lead to the roof of the Kiva. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -65) 66) View of the Bell Tower from the East. Stairs lead to the Upper Apartments. One of the twelve ceramic Chinese Theaters is embedded in the desert masonry wall at the base of the stairs. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -66) 67) Detail of the ceramic Chinese Theater. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -67) 68) View of the Dining Room and Water Tower from the Bell Tower. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -68) 69) View of another ceramic Chinese Theater on the walkway between the Bell Tower and the Drafting Studio. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -69) 70) View of the Pergola from the Southwest. The walkway on the Northeast side of the Drafting Room is covered by a wooden Pergola. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -70) 71) Cabaret Theater view from the South. The Cabaret Theater, designed in 1949, is connected to Wright’s Office.. The Entrance is to the East. Doors lead to the Lobby which is at the front of the Theater. The Gallery to the right, runs the full length of the Theater and opens at the back of the Theater. Wright’s office is on the left, the Music Pavilion is to the right. The fountain in the foreground was added in 1956. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -71) 72) Just to the left of the Cabaret Theater is Wright’s office. The decorative white and gold falp, or sail, appears on many of the buildings at Taliesin West. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -72) 73) The doorway to the Cabaret Theater is set within a large trapezoid shaped open with glass on either side of the double door. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -73) 74) A Chinese bust sets in the circular opening that looks into the Cabaret Theater. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -74) 75) The Gallery runs the full length of the Theater and opens at the back. The shutters on the left fold up to block the light to the interior of the theater. The shutters on the right hang down to enclose the gallery, and fold up to block the skylight and open the Gallery to the outside. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -75) 76) Detail of the Cabaret Theater wall sconce. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -76) 77) Detail of the Cabaret Theater wall sconce. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -77) 78) The fireplace at the back of the theater. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -78) 79) The interior of the Cabaret Theater viewed from the back. The built-in concrete bench seating was placed at a slight angle to the screen. The red hexagonal backed chairs are plentiful at Taliesin. Other hexagonal backed chairs include Midway Gardens (1913), Imperial Hotel (1915) and Price Tower (1952). The folded tables open up to form hexagons. The base is a hexagon, the small spacer set with the legs is a hexagon, and the table has three legs. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -79) 80) Cabaret Theater piano cove. Note the hexagon table to the right. The base is a hexagon, the small spacers set with the legs are hexagons, and the table has three legs. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -80) 81) The entrance to the Music Pavilion, viewed from the South. Built in 1956, five years late in 1963, the Music Pavilion burned to the ground. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -81) 82) Music Pavilion viewed from the back. The roof is covered with translucent panels. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -82) 83) Music Pavilion mural "City by the Sea." The Murals on either end of the Midway Gardens Tavern Room became known as "City By The Sea." In 1956 Wright adapted the Midway Gardens Murals for this mural design in the Music Pavilion at Taliesin West. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -83) 84) Music Pavilion, view of the North wall. Walls are constructed of desert masonry. Note the built-in planter at the top of the stairs. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -84) 85) Music Pavilion fireplace at the back constructed of desert masonry. The floors are concrete tinted Cherokee red. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -85) 
86) Model of Ocatillo displayed in the Music Pavilion. "Ocatillo. Frank Lloyd Wright’s first home and office in Arizona. Constructed near chandler in 1928." 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -86) 87) View of the roof on the Cabaret Theater in the foreground and the Music Papillon on the background. While the ceiling of the Cabaret Theater is solid concrete, the Music Pavilion is covered with translucent panels. 13 x 20 Color high res digital photograph. (ST#2014.38.0917 -87) Photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on April 16, 2014, Copyright 2014.
