Saturday, June 4, 2011

Frank Lloyd Wright on Turtle Creek

When you venture out along Turtle Creek, be on the lookout for a distinctive building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Though it may be an unfulfilled plan intended for the West Coast, the Kalita Humphreys theater seems quite at home nestled between Turtle Creek and the Katy Trail. The Dallas Theater Center committee approached the architect to design a theater along Turtle Creek. Wright was busy and suggested that if the committee could use a plan already in his files he would agree to the project. Construction began in 1955 and was completed four years later and nine months after Wright's death. It is one of only three surviving theaters by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the last completed building he designed.

Frank Lloyd Wright The HousesFrank Lloyd Wright: Complete Works, Vol. 1, 1885-1916
Wright-Sized Houses: Frank Lloyd Wright's Solutions for Making Small Houses Feel Big
Frank Lloyd Wright: An Autobiography
Loving Frank: A Novel

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