The David and Gladys Wright House (1950-52) in Phoenix will be donated for use by the School of Architecture at Taliesin, owner Zach Rawling and leaders of the School announced today. An official statement reads: “The School will take over planning for the preservation of the house and citrus groves immediately, with future restoration acts to be undertaken by the faculty and students of the School. Used as a learning center for…

On the 150th anniversary year of Frank Lloyd Wright’s birth, the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy—the only organization dedicated to the preservation of all Wright-designed structures—will hold its annual conference in New York City, Frank Lloyd Wright at 150, Sept. 13 – 17, 2017. Supported by presenting sponsor Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, the conference is timed to coincide with a major new exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, Frank…

Featuring 18 architects, critics, architectural historians and conservators, Rethinking Frank Lloyd Wright at 150 is an international symposium organized by the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy in cooperation with The Museum of Modern Art with major sponsorship support from Morgan Stanley and the Maddalena Group at Morgan Stanley. Held Sept. 13-15 to coincide with the Conservancy’s annual conference, the symposium will highlight new thinking about Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture and its…

Graduate students and young professionals are now invited to apply for the John G. Thorpe Young Professionals and Students Fellowship. The program was established in 2016 to honor John Garrett Thorpe, prominent restoration architect and longtime Conservancy board member. Young professionals in the first five years of their careers in architecture or historic preservation and graduate students in architecture or historic preservation (full-time or part-time) currently enrolled at the time…

Public sites across the country are celebrating Wright’s 150th birthday in a variety of creative ways, from dinners and concerts to late-night tours and special lectures. As the Conservancy prepares its own 150th celebration with a major symposium at the Museum of Modern Art in September, we encourage you to join one of these sites on June 8, Wright’s birthday (unless other date is noted). And be sure to check out many…