Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West is undoubtedly one of the simplest and most effective uses of Far Eastern architecture built to this day. I've already shown you the magnificent grounds surrounding it, but here is the exterior structure, the simplicity of which is unparalleled to date.
In designing Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright had three main shapes in mind: triangles, to imitate the nearby mountains, circles, and hexagons. This glass and metal hexagonal door, which led to his drafting room, is a show-stopping entry on its own.
A bell tower, used to this day to call to meals the aspiring architects studying at the architecture school located there... wouldn't that be a dream?
A small red overhang, with square motifs decorating the sides, casts an interesting shadow and houses a lightbulb; Wright was well-know for his use of integrated lighting.
One of many breezeways used to escape the hot Arizona sun.
Wright's six-inch stairs, leading down to an abyss of lush green grass, an unexpected touch of natural beauty.
A view of the house opposite adjacent to the pool. Those large icicle-shaped things are exactly that; they'd sway in the breeze, and whenever one of Wright's architects in residence complained that he was homesick, Wright would claim that there were icicles of that size in Wisconsin, where he enjoyed summers at Taliesin.
Once again, the triangular motif.
Lastly, wooden rectangles protrude from the side of Wright's drafting room, a simple detail reminiscent of friezes atop Roman pillars.
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