Wright Spirit Awards

Current Honorees

Past Honorees

Introduced in 1991, the Wright Spirit Award recognizes efforts of extraordinary individuals and organizations that have preserved the legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright through their tireless dedication and persistent efforts. Awards are presented in the categories Private, Public, Professional and Special Honors.

How To Nominate

Deadline to submit nomination: March 5, 2018

From left: Carole Ann Fabian, Barry Bergdoll and Janet Parks accept 2017 Wright Spirit Awards, presented at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, for their roles in bringing the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives to New York.
Photo (c) Mark Hertzberg

Carole Ann Fabian

Professional

Director, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Columbia University

Janet Parks

Professional

Curator of Drawings and Archives, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library (retired)

Barry Bergdoll

Professional

Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University; Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art

2016

Peter Maunu and Irmi Maunu-Kocian Private Owners of the Lamberson House (1948) in Oskaloosa, Iowa, for the thorough restoration of their Wright-designed house

Glencoe Historical Society Public This nonprofit organization strengthened Wright's legacy on the North Shore of Chicago with a year-long series of community events to celebrate the centennial of Wright's Ravine Bluffs neighborhood

John G. Thorpe (posthumous) Professional For decades of work as a restoration architect of Wright-designed houses and dedicated preservation advocate

Jeffrey Herr Special Honors For his tireless and far-reaching work on behalf of the newly restored Hollyhock House

William J. Schwarz, AIA Special Honors For championing solutions that have preserved the architectural integrity of the Wright-designed Marin County Civic Center building and site

2015

2014

David and Gladys Wright House Foundation Private For purchasing the David and Gladys Wright House in Phoenix to restore and preserve the house

Greg Stanton, Mayor of Phoenix Public For his role as the mayor of Phoenix in the rescue of the David and Gladys Wright House

Grady Gammage, Jr. Professional Land use and real estate attorney, for being instrumental in the effort to preserve the David and Gladys Wright House by virtue of the wise legal counsel he gave based on an intimate understanding of the issues and players involved

Scott Jarson and Debbie Jarson Special Honors Founders of azarchitecture/Jarson & Jarson, enthusiastic and effective preservation advocates without whose contributions the effort to save the David and Gladys Wright House may not have succeeded

Michael Kimmelman Special Honors Architecture critic for the New York Times, for exposing and explaining to the general public the greater social and political purposes of the design of urban spaces and built environments

Jim McPherson Special Honors President of the Arizona Preservation Foundation, for his instrumental efforts to save the David and Gladys Wright House as a member of the task force from its beginning

Wakanda Elementary School — Fifth Grade Team Special Honors Wakanda Elementary School’s Fifth Grade team of teachers—Anne Hasse, Sally Johnson, Brianna Berhow, and Jacob Schutte—championed by their principal Greg Corning and school superintendent, Christine Stratton, for their program “Breaking the Box: The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright”, which is a model for the ways in which a new generation, indeed a very young generation, can learn about, interpret, and later preserve, the work and legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright

Linda Botsford Conservancy Award Awarded by Executive Director Janet Halstead, for her volunteer role as longtime copy editor for SaveWright magazine

Wright Spirit Awards

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