Taliesin West

Taliesin Fellows, Incorporated was founded in 2008, and is located at 12621 N F L Wright Blvd in Scottsdale. Additional information is available at www.taliesin.edu or by contacting Charles Schiffner at (480) 860-2700.

The gift shop has a deep stock of books and trinkets reflecting Wright's architecture.

"Taliesin" is Welsh for "shining brow." The name was chosen by Wright because his home was built on the brow of the McDowell Mountains.

Ten years after visiting Arizona in 1927 to consult on designs for the Biltmore hotel, architect Frank Lloyd Wright chose 600 acres of rugged Sonoran Desert at the foothills of the McDowell Mountains as the site for his permanent winter residence. Today the site is a National Historic Landmark and still an active community of students and architects. Wright and apprentices constructed a desert...

Years after coming out to Phoenix to consult on the design of the Arizona Biltmore in 1927, Frank Lloyd Wright decided that the foothills of the McDowell Mountains would be his winter home away from home. The structure turned into his residence, studio, and school, where apprentices would live and work alongside him. Fans of Wright should visit this place, of course. But the truth is, even...

Frank Lloyd Wright loved the Arizona desert and, in 1937, built Taliesin West as a winter camp that served as his home, office, and school. Today, the buildings of Taliesin West are the headquarters of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and School of Architecture.

Historic landmark Taliesin West, located outside of Scottsdale, AZ in the desert foothills of the McDowell Mountains is home to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, as well as Taliesin, The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. Taliesin West offers a broad range of tours open to the public. Come experience what Wright called ""the top of the world.""