Frank Lloyd Wright's lost buildings could be brought back to life
The Frank Lloyd Wright Revival Initiative plans to resurrect the architect's demolished or unbuilt projects, starting with a pavilion in Banff, Canada.
The organisation wants to celebrate the lost work of the renowned American architect by using his drawings to construct the buildings anew, and raising the funds to do so.
The Banff pavilion was designed by Wright with his student Francis C Sullivan in 1911
The Frank Lloyd Wright Revival Initiative was founded by filmmaker Michael Miner. He has made several documentaries about the Wright, whose best-known projects include the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania.
First on Miner's agenda is to recreate a park pavilion that Wright designed for Banff with his student Francis C Sullivan in 1911, but was demolished in 1939. The structure featured a low roof and accentuated horizontal elements typical of the architect's prairie style
The 200-foot-long (61-metre) structure featured a low roof and accentuated horizontal elements typical of the architect's prairie style.
Miner's proposal is backed by Wright's grandson Eric Lloyd Wright, who studied at the Taliesin West school under his grandfather and has helped to restore several of his structures.
However, the pavilion was demolished in 1939
The city of Banff has also given preliminary approval for the project, but the city council still needs to sign off the plans.
The estimated $2 million (£1.6 million) needed to complete the project is being ...
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