So who hasn't heard of Frank Lloyd Wright and seen pictures of his designs. The tour of his winter home, Taliesin West was very interesting to say the least. Almost more interesting than the physical tour, was learning about his philosophy on life. He had very radical ideas for his time, and strangly I found myself agreeing with many of them. His house is built on the brow of the mountain above, not at all by accident. By living on the brow, you have a spectacular view of the valley and mountain but the house can't be seen from the valley and there is a continual breeze. Very private. There are many buildings on the property, some built by students/apprentices that live onsite during the winter. Wright's use of local sand, gravel and stone creates the impression that the complex terraces and walls emerged out of the ground. I'm adding a Wright book on my must read book list. http://www.franklloydwright.org/about/TaliesinWestTours.html
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