Description
In 2019 eight buildings designed by Wright were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The buildings represent Wright’s work through the first six decades of the twentieth century. This lecture traces the nomination process, examines the selection criteria, and briefly reviews the many revisions required for final acceptance. This richly illustrated lecture focuses on the buildings themselves detailing their unique features in construction, stylistic elements and their place in Wright’s body of work. The buildings in chronological order are: Unity Temple, 1905; the Robie House, 1907; Taliesin in Wisconsin, 1911; Hollyhock House, 1922; Taliesin West, 1935, Jacobs House 1936; Fallingwater 1937; and the Guggenheim Museum 1959.
