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Photo looking through trees and shrubs with some fall colors towards the house of Fallingwater, with warm light emanating from inside through windows on two different levels, heavy horizontal concrete balcony walls, and stone walls catching the light in a few different places. Latest News 2025 Conference Call for Papers: The Individual and the Spirit of Innovation

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Photo of a one-story house with French doors and hipped roof. Latest News Weisblat House Owners Donate Preservation Easement

Photo of exterior of synagogue showing dramatic pyramidal roof framed in metal with opaque glass panels, resting on an angular cream-colored concrete base. Online Event Preservation Talk: Beth Sholom Synagogue Zoom Thursday, February 20, 2025

Photo looking through trees and shrubs with some fall colors towards the house of Fallingwater, with warm light emanating from inside through windows on two different levels, heavy horizontal concrete balcony walls, and stone walls catching the light in a few different places. 2025 Annual Conference The Individual and the Spirit of Innovation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 17 – 21, 2025

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Photo looking through trees and shrubs with some fall colors towards the house of Fallingwater, with warm light emanating from inside through windows on two different levels, heavy horizontal concrete balcony walls, and stone walls catching the light in a few different places. 2025 Conference Call for Papers: The Individual and the Spirit of Innovation

Latest Wright on the Market Winn House Location Kalamazoo, MI

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Photo of a one-story house with French doors and hipped roof. Weisblat House Owners Donate Preservation Easement

Photo of exterior of synagogue showing dramatic pyramidal roof framed in metal with opaque glass panels, resting on an angular cream-colored concrete base. Online Event Preservation Talk: Beth Sholom Synagogue Zoom Thursday, February 20, 2025 CST

Photo looking through trees and shrubs with some fall colors towards the house of Fallingwater, with warm light emanating from inside through windows on two different levels, heavy horizontal concrete balcony walls, and stone walls catching the light in a few different places. 2025 Annual Conference The Individual and the Spirit of Innovation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 17 – 21, 2025

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Photo of exterior of Emil Bach House, a Prairie period houses with tan brick and stucco walls, wood trim, flat roof, and bands of square windows. Building News Emil Bach House donated to Loyola University Chicago Additional $1 million gift will support use for student programming & community engagement

Photo of a one-story house with French doors and hipped roof. Advocacy Weisblat House Owners Donate Preservation Easement

Sheet music, champagne flutes, and a framed photo of Frank Lloyd Wright with a young Roland Reisley on top of a wood piano, against a stone wall. Insights & Inspiration Roland Reisley Grant Pilot Program

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Taking action to preserve Wright buildings

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Photo of a one-story house with French doors and hipped roof. Weisblat House Owners Donate Preservation Easement Easement donated in partnership with the Weisblat family

Interior space at Price Tower showing a low ceiling to the left with triangular light fixtures in it, a fireplace with copper hood with geometic designs and built-in shelves on the right wall, furniture on a white rug on top of the red floor, and opening up to a much taller wall of windows to the right Conservancy responds in court to lawsuit by owners of Price Tower Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP joins legal team defending preservation easement

Detail of wall inside Price Tower showing copper-colored backdrop with brightly-colored geometric shapes overlaid in blue and other bold hues, as designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy addresses lawsuit filed by owner of Price Tower The Conservancy strongly objects to the baseless claims of the lawsuit filed against...

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The latest news about Wright’s buildings

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Photo of exterior of Emil Bach House, a Prairie period houses with tan brick and stucco walls, wood trim, flat roof, and bands of square windows. Emil Bach House donated to Loyola University Chicago Additional $1 million gift will support use for student programming & community engagement

View showing brick fireplace inside Winslow House with wooden arches in front of it, and an intricate painted frieze above Celebrating recent Wright home sales in the Chicago area Sellers with long-term visions help position their past homes for the future

Front exterior view of Parker House with driveway, green lawn, trees all around, and red two-story wood house with windows on both levels of an octagonal turret on the left under a pitched roof, and stairs leading up to a porch on the right Recent Wright homeowners open up to Architectural Digest Popular article about living in Wright-designed houses updated with interviews of...

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Case Studies

In-depth stories about preservation projects & sensitive updates of Wright buildings

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Looking through a wide doorway, trimmed in a light gray, towards stairs that go up on the left side, leading to a door. On the right, surrounded by gray trim and red painted plaster walls, is a golden radiator. To the far right is a view of part of a mantel, with books and a framed photo of Frank Lloyd Wright. Restoration of the George & Lucy Smith House Homeowners reflect on the recent transformation of their 1898 Wright house, with...

Delusions of Glanzer A Preservationist's Tale of the Willey House and German Warehouse

Exterior of Willey House with brick terrace and lawn in foreground and a wing of the house in the background Getting it Wright: Trouble the water To turn the tide one must find the source

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Insights & Inspiration

Exploring the continuing impact & relevance of Wright's design legacy

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Sheet music, champagne flutes, and a framed photo of Frank Lloyd Wright with a young Roland Reisley on top of a wood piano, against a stone wall. Roland Reisley Grant Pilot Program New grant program funds projects related to the sensory & experiential aspects of...

Exterior of house showing low-angle sloped roof with copper fascia, window wall of mostly glass doors with some wood, a stone patio, and the waters of Long Island Sound in the distance to the right. Green lawn in foreground. Marc Jacobs waxes poetic about the Hoffman House The fashion designer ruminates on the joys & challenges of taking on a Wright house...

Exterior of Palmer House at dusk showing horizontal roof, massive brick walls with light coming through openings, and stairs up to an entrance The Photographer of Michigan Modern James Haefner captures the notable architecture of Southeast Michigan

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Technical Resources

Practical information for the preservation & restoration of Wright buildings

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Red ceramic tile with Frank Lloyd Wright's signature Frank Lloyd Wright’s Red Signature Tiles Research clears up some myths

Photo of wood shingle roof of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house. Frank Lloyd Wright and the wood shingle roof In the roofs at Taliesin and the Mathews House, the art is in the details

A group of people seated around a table holding a meeting inside at Taliesin Conservancy Announces Preservation Planning Grant Pilot Program Program supports planning of preservation activities at eligible public Wright sites

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