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Oasis - Frank Lloyd Wright's Designs for the Arizona Capitol
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    • Close-up of South Colonnade

    • Close-up of South Colonnade

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation; Architectural Models

    • "A new freedom - this - that would stand in modern times for Arizona as the Alhambra once stood in Spain before our continent was discovered."
    • Legislative Building with Adjacent Offices

    • Legislative Building with Adjacent Offices

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation; Architectural Models

    • "In balcony level areas of the legislature, public seating may easily be extended. Private parking scheme for the legislative body and the executive are provided at special entrance for the legislature. For the public, on either side near the...
    • Outside Covered Walkway

    • Outside Covered Walkway

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation; Architectural Models

    • "Many minor offices doing business of the state should not clog the legislative process but be accommodated in the old capitol building, remodeled for the purpose."
    • Stairwell

    • Stairwell

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation; Architectural Models

    • Indoor staircase.
    • Close-up of Lattice Roof

    • Close-up of Lattice Roof

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation; Architectural Models

    • "I [Wright] can see why you, the citizens of Arizona, need to appoint certain men to arrange and look after your mundane affairs - just as you need police. But I am totally unable to see why those men should choose the buildings that will...
    • Open Hexagonal Canopy Work

    • Open Hexagonal Canopy Work

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation; Architectural Models

    • "The 400 foot wide sheltering hexagonal crenelated skeleton canopy filtering sunlight over the structure beneath - like the foliage of a great tree - cutting down air-conditioning in the Valley of the Sun."
    • Looking West over Oasis

    • Looking West over Oasis

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation; Architectural Models

    • "Citizens of Arizona - the State is your home! Your spirit should there find appropriate expression. To build an already dated New York monstrosity to stand up to present Arizona to posterity seems to me a crime punishable by you - yourselves. ...
    • Interior of the Oasis

    • Interior of the Oasis

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation; Architectural Models

    • "Additional exhibition galleries and much space on main level and balconies are available for State Historical exhibits and other exhibits societies may wish to include."
    • Interior Mall

    • Interior Mall

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation;

    • "Admirable dove-tailing of the public interest and the legislative function."
    • Interior Walkway

    • Interior Walkway

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation; Architectural Models

    • Office spaces within the main mall.
    • Designing a Capitol for Arizona

    • Designing a Capitol for Arizona

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation;

    • This is a transcript of a conversation with Wright. During the course of the conversation, one is able to better understand Wright's motivations for the design and his hopes for Arizona.
    • Oasis Model Before Restoration

    • Oasis Model Before Restoration

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation;

    • Before the model was displayed at the Phoenix Art Museum, it had to go through some extensive restoration.
    • Damaged Oasis Model

    • Damaged Oasis Model

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation;

    • Many parts of the model had become broken or destroyed over the years.
    • View of Gardens

    • View of Gardens

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation;

    • The restoration of the lattice work allows the viewer an unobscured view into the gardens.
    • View of the Interior Plaza

    • View of the Interior Plaza

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation;

    • This photograph allows natural light to shine through the back of the model. While natural light would not have been able to flow as freely, this image allows the viewer to infer how the rising sun would have shown through Wright's Capitol.
    • Rendering of Oasis in Papago Hills

    • Rendering of Oasis in Papago Hills

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation

    • An architectural rendering of the Oasis Capitol building. Early drafts of the building had three spires rising out of the building. The viewer is able to see the erasure marks and white-out that was used to cover the two spires after they were...
    • Moving the Oasis Model

    • Moving the Oasis Model

    • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

    • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation; Architectural Models; Arizona Capitol Museum; Phoenix Art Museum

    • The process of moving the Oasis model from the Phoenix Art Museum to the Arizona Capitol Museum.

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