Collection ID: 12471376

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 and Taliesin Fellowship
Abstract:
Nearly 1,100 built and unbuilt works by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright are represented in this remarkably comprehensive collection. The over 24,000 sheets in the collection include plans or drawings developed in the conception, presentation, and execution of buildings.
Extent:
24,000 drawings and approximate
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : architectural drawings, ca. 1885-1959. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York).

Background

Scope and Content:

In the 1980s, the FLLW Foundation gave each Wright project a job number, which we use in the archive to refer to the various projects. The drawings are arranged chronologically by project (with each series representing a decade of Wright's career), starting in 1885 with Wright's student drawings (#8501) and ending in 1959 with a design for an unbuilt Art Gallery at Arizona State University (#5917). The finding aid lists each project with its associated drawing extents. Some projects may only contain one drawing, like the Isabel Roberts house in River Forest, Illinois (#0808); while others projects are represented by hundreds of drawings, like the Guggenheim Museum (#4305), which has almost 800 drawings.

For additional ways to search the collection, please consult the downloadable inventories below:

Projects arranged by Project Number (PDF)

Projects arranged by Client (PDF)

Projects arranged by Location (PDF)

Sortable Inventory (Excel)

Biographical / Historical:

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an American Architect internationally recognized for his innovative building design, Taliesin school and fellowship, and philosophy of "organic architecture.".

Acquisition information:
Accession number--2013.006.
Arrangement:

The drawings are arranged chronologically by project number and are dividied into eight series: Series I: 1880s; Series II: 1890s; Series III: 1900s; Series IV: 1910s; Series V: 1920s; Series VI: 1930s; Series VII: 1940s; Series VIII: 1950s; Series IX: Unidentified work by type

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Columbia University is providing access to the materials in the Library's collections solely for noncommercial educational and research purposes. The unauthorized use, including, but not limited to, publication of the materials without the prior written permission of Columbia University is strictly prohibited. All inquiries regarding permission to publish should be submitted in writing to the Director, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For additional guidance, see Columbia University Libraries' publication policy.

In addition to permission from Columbia University, permission of the copyright owner (if not Columbia University) and/or any holder of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) may also be required for reproduction, publication, distributions, and other uses. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of any item and securing any necessary permissions rests with the persons desiring to publish the item. Columbia University makes no warranties as to the accuracy of the materials or their fitness for a particular purpose.

PREFERRED CITATION:

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : architectural drawings, ca. 1885-1959. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York).

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
300 Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Avenue M.C. 0301
New York, NY 10027, United States
CONTACT:
212) 854-6199
avery@library.columbia.edu