Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings nominated to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
by sadia_badhon | January 2, 2019 2:48 pm
[1]Photo courtesy Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Eight major works by Frank Lloyd Wright has been nominated to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO’s) World Heritage List[2]. The collection represents the first modern architecture nomination from the United States.
The architecture spanning 50 years of Wright’s career includes:
- Unity Temple[3] (constructed 1906-1909, Oak Park, Illinois);
- Frederick C. Robie House[4] (constructed 1910, Chicago, Illinois);
- Taliesin[5] (constructed 1911-1959, Spring Green, Wisconsin);
- Hollyhock House[6] (constructed 1918-1921, Los Angeles, California);
- Fallingwater[7] (constructed 1936-1939, Mill Run, Pennsylvania);
- Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House[8] (constructed 1936-1937, Madison, Wisconsin);
- Taliesin West[9] (begun 1938, Scottsdale, Arizona); and
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum[10] (constructed 1956-1959, New York, New York).
Wright is considered to be one of the greatest American architects of the 20th century. The National Park Service[11] submitted the nomination in November 2018, and it will be reviewed at the 2019 session of the World Heritage Committee in early July. The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy[12], a private nonprofit organization based in Chicago, Illinois, has coordinated the nomination.
Nominations are submitted by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to the World Heritage Committee[13], an independent body operating under the umbrella of UNESCO.
- [Image]: https://www.constructionspecifier.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Opener.jpg
- World Heritage List: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list
- Unity Temple: https://franklloydwright.org/site/unity-temple/
- Frederick C. Robie House: https://franklloydwright.org/site/robie-house/
- Taliesin: https://franklloydwright.org/taliesin/
- Hollyhock House: https://franklloydwright.org/site/hollyhock-house/
- Fallingwater: https://franklloydwright.org/site/fallingwater/
- Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House: https://franklloydwright.org/site/herbert-jacobs-house/
- Taliesin West: https://franklloydwright.org/taliesin-west/
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: https://franklloydwright.org/site/solomon-r-guggenheim-museum/
- National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm
- Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy: https://www.savewright.org/
- World Heritage Committee: https://whc.unesco.org/en/committee/
Source URL: https://www.constructionspecifier.com/frank-lloyd-wrights-buildings-nominated-to-unesco-world-heritage-list/