Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West Student Shelters

John Lautner's Desert Shelter at Taliesin West

looking out of Lautners Shelter w/ drafting table in foreground
As part of the students learning with Frank Lloyd Wright in the Taliesin fellowship the senior students were allowed to build thier own shelters. This went hand in hand with the "learn by doing" motto and the physical work that was accomplished to build the schools.

Today the Taliesin West school is still in operation and allows students to continue to build the desert shelters on the property.  Some of the new structures are built on top of the old dilapidated sites of previous students.


Some of the new desert structures vary from nicely constructed well designed bungalows to interesting sculptural forms. With the scenic desert backdrop the shelters provide creative living situations to inspire young Architects.

Glass House designed originally by Alan Olin, Photograph by Aris Georges


Desert Perch Shelter by Victor Sidy 1999, Photograph by Victor Sidy
Hanging Shelter designed by Fatima Elmalimpinar and Fabian Mantel, Photo copyright of FLLW foundation
Brittlebush Shelter designed by Simon De Aguero
Ironwood Shelter designed by Chad Cornette
Lotus Shelter by Kamai Amin

Photo References:
https://picasaweb.google.com/100591042648992340798/AtTaliesinWest?feat=embedwebsite
http://www.johnlautner.org/wp/?p=159
http://www.taliesin.edu/shelters/shelters1.html
http://www.taliesin.edu/history.html
http://www.prairiemod.com/features/2010/11/build-simon-de-agueros-brittlebush-shelter.html
http://www.peterbeers.net/interests/flw_rt/Arizona/taliesin_west/taliesin_west.htm

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