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Voysey House,
Barley Mow Passage
London W4 4GF
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8742 3355
USA: 1-800-988-6168
Canada: (647) 382 1644
Australia: 1300 55 95 95
New Zealand: 61-7-3377-0141
Frank Lloyd Wright - The Chicago School
- Includes Fallingwater, Jacobs, Robie and Taliesin houses, Johnson Wax Building and numerous other works by Frank Lloyd Wright – many of them visited by special arrangement.
- Four nights in Chicago, with visits to the masterworks of the Chicago School and Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House.
- Magnificent art collections: Chicago Institute of Art, Carnegie Collection in Pittsburgh and Milwaukee Art Museum.
- Drive through the countryside of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Illinois.
ITINERARY
DAY 1
Pittsburgh—fly at c. 12.00pm from London Heathrow via Washington to Pittsburgh, arriving c. 5.45pm (total flying time c. 9 hours)—set between the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers, Pittsburgh is modern, dynamic, sleek, the smoke and steel of the past having been replaced by glass and aluminium—Carnegie, Frick and Mellon, great patrons of the arts, all made their money here before moving to the East Coast—first of three nights Pittsburgh.
DAY 2
Fallingwater, Kentuck Knob—drive out to Fallingwater, quintessential Frank Lloyd Wright (1936)—in a spectacular setting amongst the woodland of Bear Run nature reserve, the house seems to grow from and float above the water and rocks—you will see not only the waterfall but experience it from inside the house; ‘the most sublime integration of man and nature’ (New York Times)—Kentuck Knob (Wright 1953), hexagonal building with panoramic views of the Pennsylvanian countryside, now owned by Lord Palumbo—overnight Pittsburgh.
DAY 3
Pittsburgh—morning walk around Pittsburgh includes H.H. Richardson’s Allegheny Court House and the Mellon bank building—afternoon at the Carnegie Museum of Art, an extensive and varied collection including the Heinz Architectural department, European and contemporary art.
DAY 4
Pittsburgh to Madison—drive to the airport via the Andy Warhol museum – Pittsburgh is his home town—fly to Madison (via Chicago) arriving late afternoon—settle into the lakeside hotel—first of two nights in Madison.
DAY 5
Spring Green, Madison—set in the beautiful Wisconsin countryside just outside Spring Green lies Wright’s former home and studio, Taliesin—here he established the Taliesin Foundation to train architects—Hillside School (1932) exemplifies Wright’s break away from the ‘Victorian box’—The Romeo and Juliet Windmill and several homes and farms designed for members of Wright’s family are also seen from the exterior—visit the Unitarian Meeting House (1946), distinguished by its soaring copper roof and glass-prowed sanctuary—overnight Madison.
DAY 6
Madison, Milwaukee—walk to the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, monumental civic building set on the shores of Lake Monona (based on Wright’s 1938 design, it was completed in 1997)—in the suburbs visit the recently restored Jacobs House (1936), the purest and most famous example of Wright’s Usonian concept—drive to the excellent Milwaukee Art Museum to see the Prairie School archives, with free time for the collection of European and 20th-cent. American art—pass the Bogk House (FLW 1916)—overnight Milwaukee.
DAY 7
Wind Point, Racine, Chicago—at Wind Point visit Wingspread: the expansive low-lying building designed for the head of the Johnson Wax Corporation—continue south to Racine on the shores of Lake Michigan—the Johnson Wax Building built in 1936 with its half acre Great Workroom, unique mushroom columns and innovative use of glass—drive further south still to Chicago—our hotel is in Burnham & Root’s restored Reliance Building, the first ‘skyscraper’ built in the 1890s—first of four nights in Chicago.
DAY 8
Chicago—the morning walk looks at the outstanding monuments of ‘The Loop’ to which Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Louis Sullivan and Frank Gehry have all contributed—afternoon at the Chicago Art Institute, recently extended by Renzo Piano—the architectural courtyard contains several interesting pieces of sculpture and art glass from former Wright and Sullivan buildings—see also a reconstruction of Sullivan’s Boardroom—free time to enjoy one of the world’s great art galleries, especially good for Impressionist paintings—overnight Chicago.
DAY 9
Oak Park—in Oak Park visit Wright’s Chicago home and studio (1889) for 20 years and the birthplace of the Prairie School of architecture: ‘I loved the prairie by instinct as a great simplicity… I had an idea that the horizontal planes in buildings, those planes parallel to earth, identify themselves with the ground, make the building belong to the ground’—the surrounding residential streets are home to a number of Wright designs and his Unity Temple (1905)—some free time back in Chicago—overnight Chicago.
DAY 10
Chicago—drive to the South Side to the Mies van der Rohe-designed Illinois Institute of Technology (1940–56), with additions by Rem Koolhaas—continue to the Robie House (FLW 1910); epitome of the Prairie Style—the afternoon is free; we suggest an architectural cruise along the Chicago River, or a walk along the Magnificent Mile—overnight Chicago.
DAY 11
Chicago, Plano—drive at midday into the Illinois countryside to Plano—here, built beside the Fox River is one of Mies van der Rohe’s most significant works, the Farnsworth House (1951)—drive to the airport for the direct flight to London, departing c. 9.15pm.
DAY 12
Arrive Heathrow at c. 11.30am.
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What made this tour so very special was the lecturer.
J. C., London
For me this was a life-enhancing tour which has left me with so many vivid memories that will forever hold me in their thrall. It was perfect in every detail.J. C., London
The tour guide was first class and his reading of the poetry was inspirational and moving.D. P., Wiltshire
The tour leaders were magnificent. The tour was a real joy, moving and educational.D. P., Wiltshire
Excellent all round – loved the readings, well paced walks and talks. Altogether terrific.C. S., London
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