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| Talisein welcome building and bookstore -C |
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Most of the construction is from stones from the site, and cement made with sand on-site. They had very little money to build their winter "camp" L |
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FLW's personal physician, with the Fellowship since 1957, speaking in the Theatre. L |
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| Main studio building opens to a wide plaza with a pool that they built primarily in case of fire, to have the water handy! -C |
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The original construction was redwood beams and simple canvas rooms, very much a camp feeling. C |
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| They fed us a nice little brunch in the dining room. L |
FLW loved low entryways, which then opened into dramatic spaces -C |
Living Room building, used for entertaining and relaxing. - C |
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A chair made from a sheet of plywood, but looks cool. -C |
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| Every building has a fireplace for desert winter nights -C |
This "sprite" is from the Chicago World's Fair. L |
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This is Mrs. Wright's bedroom, which opens directly to the patio/garden. C |
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| Mr Wright believed in small, practical bedrooms, encouraging use of more social spaces. -L |
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| The "media room" was designed for showing movies, and had no windows, to stay cool. L |
Guest building. I love clerestory windows. C |
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A stunning coffee table in the guest house. L |
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| This stained glass shows up later at the Biltmore Hotel in Scottsdale. L |
The guest house had vertical "shutters" that shade the windows when they are open. Very clever. L |
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Crazy tower thing at corner of studio building. C |
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Nice portico feel along studio. C |
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| Asia meets desert rock, meets Christmas pointsettia. -C |
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| The music theatre has drop down shutters that are closed on cool nights and open on warm nights. L |
It's a cave-like building, below ground level. L |
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The alcove is for the grand piano! L |
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After this tour, we ate lunch, and took a tour of the student built shelters. |