Buildings selected from 400 works he designed in 54 years
Admin l Sunday, July 07, 2019
BAKU, Azerbaijan – The World Heritage Committee today named eight buildings designed by renowned American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright as a single World Heritage site, making the structures, collectively as the 24th United States site on the World Heritage List.
“The World Heritage Committee inscribed the Frank Lloyd Wright buildings by consensus on July 7 at its 43rd session in Baku, Azerbaijan”, the U.S Department of States said in a statement.
Entitled “The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright,” is the first World Heritage listing for the United States in the field of modern architecture.
The eight buildings are Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois; Frederick C. Robie House in Chicago, Illinois; Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin; Hollyhock House in Los Angeles, California; Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pennsylvania; Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House in Madison, Wisconsin; Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Scholars and experts coordinated with the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy to select them from among more than 400 works designed by Wright, the statement added, noting that each of the eight buildings, which were designed and constructed over the span of 54 years (1905-1959), fills a range of functions, including residential, religious, work, and museum space.
“Together, the buildings showcase Wright’s influence on the course of architecture around the world”, it added. There are currently 1092 designated sites in 167 countries around the world.
“The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright” joins 23 other natural and cultural World Heritage Sites in the United States that reflect outstanding universal value, including Mesa Verde, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Everglades, Great Smoky Mountains, the Statue of Liberty, Monticello and the University of Virginia, and the San Antonio Missions. Many of these are managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
The United States was a prime architect of the World Heritage Convention, an international treaty created in 1972 to promote the conservation and preservation of important natural and cultural sites. Inside the United States, public and private sector cooperation on natural and cultural heritage preservation promotes appreciation of important U.S. sites, including many U.S. National Parks; protects endangered national treasures; and supports local economies through tourism.
