When considering the houses that you admire the most, which are the first ones that come to your mind as your favorite ones? Personally, I would say that Frank Lloyd is definitely one of the most talented persons that I have seen in the business so far, making it absolutely mandatory that you read the msnbc.com article below to see how you can have a closer look at all his work:
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MILWAUKEE - Taliesin opens for the season in April, and officials there expect big crowds, despite the recession. Or maybe because of the recession.
The number of visitors to Frank Lloyd Wright's home in Spring Green, about 120 miles west of Milwaukee, increased 10 percent from 2007 to 2008, after flat attendance the two previous years.
Advanced reservations are up 65 percent over this time last year, said Carol Johnson, president of the nonprofit Taliesin Preservation Inc. Gift shop sales were up about 10 percent, she said.
But Taliesin West, Wright's winter home and studio in Scottsdale, Ariz., saw a drop in tour attendance by nearly 15 percent and gift shop sales by 4 percent last year.Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation President Phil Allsopp said he suspects part of the difference is tourists tend to fly to Arizona because big cities are so distant. People can drive from Milwaukee and Chicago to Spring Green in three or four hours.
Allsopp called the interest in Taliesin "fabulous."
"We really can't figure out why, but we're are not complaining about it," he said in a recent phone interview from his office in Scottsdale.
The foundation operates Taliesin in Spring Green and Taliesin West, does student outreach programs and runs the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture and the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
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