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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT COMMISSIONS

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Landscape Design

One of the most encompassing approaches by John Geiger to the study of Frank Lloyd Wright commissions was the creation of 10 data tables that provided places to record project coordinator, preliminary drawing coordinator, working drawings coordinator, specifications writer, structural engineer, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, landscape design, supervising apprentice during construction, and building contractor. Then, drawings for the commission were listed. While such level of detail was usually not available to Geiger, this search represents a refined model for the study of the design and building process that other researchers may want to carry forward. Only Wright commissions having information recorded for these categories of contribution are returned in this search, showing a total of 299 records.

Project Information

Country House, Studio, and Farm for Frank Lloyd Wright, "Taliesin" (Taliesin I) [Spring Green, Wisconsin] (1911)

Note: The following information concerning this project represents original research and analysis by John Geiger, and is based in his long and detailed study of the Frank Lloyd Wright literature as well as personal contacts with members of the Taliesin Fellowship and architectural historians. In addition, he added his own categories of building type and compositional form, as well as other points of consideration that he deemed important to understanding of the design. As with any primary archival source material, the references and sources of attribution should be consulted where possible to affirm the data provided. Sometimes there is an indication of attribution for which there is no matching footnote recorded. Some understanding of the intended source may be discovered in remaining notes or frequently cited publications which appear in the comment field.

Name of client: Wright, Frank Lloyd.

Sobriquet or alternative place name: Taliesin I.

Design Status (as of 2011): Executed.

Occupancy form or use: HOUSING/Personal, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Principal building materials: WOOD/Wood frame, stone.

Number of drawings for this project detailed in the database: 26.

Drawing Number and Description

1104.??1     Projected site plan, Western Architect 19, February 1913
1104.??2     Projected floor plan, Western Architect 19, February 1913
1104.??3     Projected elevations, Western Architect 19, February 1913.
1104.??4     Collage of views, Western Architect 19, February 1913
1104.??5     Warranty deed, Joseph and Justina Weaver to Anna Wright 04/10/11
1104.??6     Plan and elevation of built in seat and cabinet, Taliesin I
1104.?11     Floor plan of Taliesin I with many changes by Wright.
1104.?12     South Elevation and East Elevation
1104.?13     Four section/elevations
1104.?22     Aerial perspective from original entrance drive
1104.001     First floor plan; worn blueprint with dimensions
1104.002     Ground floor plan house through tower/Steam Heating Plan
1104.003     Ground floor plan thru tower foundation (With dimensions)
1104.004     Elevations through the tower
1104.005     Exterior wall section, corner and regular mullion
1104.006     See Taliesin II, 1403.??6
1104.007     Interior details and portfolio for large drawings
1104.008     See Taliesin II 1403.??8
1104.009     Floor Plan; Transition to Taliesin II, See 1403.??9
1104.010     Floor plan of house only prior to destruction by 1914 fire
1104.011     Floor plan of Taliesin I, printed in Western Architect 19, Feb 13
1104.012     See Taliesin II, 1403.?12
1104.012     Cross Secetion of Studio; See Taliesin II, 1403.?12
1104.013     Ground floor plan, house through tower
1104.014     See Taliesin II, 1403.?14
1104.020     Elevations

Individuals recorded as contributing to project:

Note: Not everyone who contributed to a project may be named; only those whose participation has been confirmed from a source appear above. Occasionally names presented as contributors to a project may seem chronologically anomalous. This usually occurs when an individual prepared drawings for publicity, exhibition, or publication long after the original date of a commission.

Brodelle, Emil
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Project Coordinator: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Preliminary working drawings coordinator: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Working drawings coordinator: Wright,, Frank Lloyd
Landscape design: Wright,, Frank Lloyd

Roof type: CrFrm1+2.

Note: Records a category devised by Geiger to classify the types of roof structure found in Frank Lloyd Wright projects. These terms were applied consistently through a choice list on Column [ROOFTYPE] in Table MMTFDRAWINGS FILE, and may be searched.

Project Drawing Date Range

Note: Dates for preliminary and working drawings, as well as the start and completion of construction, appear here only when present in the database. Through careful study of original, reproduced, or published Wright drawings, John Geiger developed an elaborate granulation for design process dates and their attributions. Such information is largely available only for Wright projects dating from the mid-1930s until 1959.

Date recorded by John Geiger for chronological sorting: 2/1/1911.

Preliminary drawings date: 2/1/1911.

Working drawings date: 4/1/1911.

Notes and References

Comments by John Geiger and/or sources of attribution: None recorded.