TALIESIN was Frank Lloyd Wright's home from 1911 until his death in 1959.

The site includes 75,000 square feet of buildings designed and constructed by Wright: his home, studio, farm, and architectural school. The 600acre site represents one of Wright's largest landscape projects. With the three major building complexes, it clearly illustrates Wright's concepts of planning and of organic architecture: architecture and nature in harmony with each other. TALIESIN is often referred to as Frank Lloyd Wright's autobiography in wood, stone, and glass. Between 1991 and 1994 The Burley Partnership worked on a consulting basis for the Taliesin Preservation Commission, organizing and directing a new preservation program for Frank Lloyd Wright's TALIESIN. During that period Robert Burley spent the majority of his time in Spring Green, Wisconsin, and served as the Executive Director for the Commission. The scope of work during 1991-1994 included organizing staff and setting up systems for a historic structure report (HSR) analysis, establishing a restoration work crew, stabilization-restoration of critical areas, remedial environmental work, permitting, approvals, obtaining $8,000,000 of State funding, passage of the Taliesin Preservation Act (S-150) by the U.S. Senate, establishing advisory committees, and purchasing and adapting Wright's Riverview Terrace restaurant building as the Taliesin Visitor Center in 1994. HISTORIC PRESERVATION, the magazine of the National Trust, describes the project and our work in greater detail in its November-December 1993 issue.

Frank Lloyd Wright's study and private terrace. The entire stone terrace and study elevation were restored 1992-1993.

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Wright's 600 acre agricultural landscape.

Frank Lloyd Wright's "House of the North".

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During a comprehensive analysis of Taliesin, it was noted that the stone foundation of the Hill Wing was beginning to fail. This bulging wall is considered one of the most dangerous problems in preservation because once the center of gravity is too far over the outer edge of the wall, the whole wall collapses. This wall was quickly, but temporarily shored up and braced. The rear of the wall was then excavated to the footing level, and the wall was then carefully jacked back into place.

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Taliesin site plan. National Historic Landmark (1976).

Riverview Terrace Restaurant was adapted as the Visitor Center for Taliesin in 1993-1994. The new center houses a caf, architectural model and furniture exhibit, bookstore, tour information, conference space, and Taliesin Preservation Commission offices.

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