Scottsdale said goodbye this week to one of its defining architectural voices. Vernon “Vern” Swaback, founder of SWABACK Architects + Planners, died July 5 at age 87. He was one of the last living apprentices of Frank Lloyd Wright. His firm helped shape decades of Scottsdale’s built landscape, and his civic fingerprints run through some of the city’s most consequential … Read More
What the Arizona Opera Loses, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Gains: A Surprising Switch is a Win for Scottsdale
Career changes are normal, but rarely does one move from the top of one industry to the top of another. Even rarer still is when one doesn’t have to move cities in order to do so, but a recent career move that encompassed all of this exemplifies the talent of the person involved as well as the level of respect … Read More
A Salute for a Job Well Done: Stuart Graff
If you ask most Americans who our country’s most famous architect was, they will tell you Frank Lloyd Wright (if they have an answer). If you ask Arizonans where Frank Lloyd Wright cut his teeth and made some of his most famous, landmark creations, they will tell you that it is right here in our state. Taliesin West, the Arizona … Read More