It has been 66 years since Frank Lloyd Wright died, but his influence refuses to disappear: he still puts on auction records and continues to inform his work how we live and experience our environment. Now his style has inspired the interior of an Airstrom follower of $ 184,900.
The desert, the Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wrights winter house and studio, surrounds, is no stranger to camping. For this reason, it may be the perfect place to reveal Airstream Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian Limited Edition Trailer, a new cooperation between the architect's foundation of the same name and the American trailer brand.
When Wright arrived in the Sonora desert in December 1937, he worked two purchases. First, 600 acres of land where Taliesin west would eventually sit. Then, shortly afterwards, a handful of tents in which his trainees can sleep while helping build up the new property. As soon as the building ended, it became a tradition that its disciples would build temporary accommodation between cacti, bushes and sandy soil. “This was a camp, and Wright was moved by the manner of how canvas is distributed from the tents. This today inspired the roof roofs from canvas on Taliesin West,” said Sally Russel, the director of licensing at the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, at a press conference in Taliesin West.
Coincidentally, the founder of Airstream, Wally Byam, began to design trailers for people who did not like to sleep in tents on the floor – a section that his first wife belonged. Almost 100 years later, the Ussonic trailer enables the owners to enjoy the desert (or part of the world) in Wright style while using modern comfort like a bed, shower and kitchen. “I brought the idea of a Frank Lloyd Wright supporter to the thoughts in the thought mill in Airstream for about 20 years,” said Bob Wheeler, President and CEO of Airstream, at the briefing.