 | Architect Frank Lloyd Wright wanted the Price Tower to resemble a tree. |
An exhibition titled "Prairie Skyscraper: Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower," showcasing the architect's only skyscraper, is on view through May 5 at the School of Architecture Gallery.
Originally conceived as an apartment tower for lower Manhattan, the 19-story building was constructed for the H.C. Price Company in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. With the completion of Price Tower in 1956, Wright realized his ideal of incorporating office, commercial and residential space within one structure. Designed to resemble a tree in form and function, it also fulfilled Wright's architectural precept that buildings have a close affinity to nature.
In 1974, Price Tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1985, soon after Phillips Petroleum Company acquired the landmark building, it took on a new role as an arts center.
Now officially the Price Tower Arts Center, the building has become a museum of modern art, design and architecture, retaining in its extensive collection of Wright's work many of the appointments and furnishings he designed expressly for the building. In keeping with Wright's "mixed use" principles, the building now offers luxury hotel accommodations, shops and a restaurant, in addition to gallery space for permanent and special exhibitions.
The "Prairie Skyscraper" exhibit, marking the 50th anniversary of the celebrated structure, was organized by the Price Tower Arts Center in cooperation with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives of Scottsdale, Arizona. The display includes documents, drawings, furniture, building components and other artifacts that pay tribute to the building's architect.
The exhibition, its tour and publication are made possible in part by the Henry Luce Foundation, the Buell Family of Bartlesville, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department and the Oklahoma Arts Council. The exhibition installation was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, London, and is co-produced by Price Tower Arts Center and the Yale School of Architecture Gallery.
The gallery is located in the Art & Architecture Building at 180 York St. It is open to the public free of charge MondayFriday 9 a.m.5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.5 p.m. For more information, contact the School of Architecture at (203) 432-2288, or visit the website at www.architecture.yale.edu.
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Gallery showcases Frank Lloyd Wright's only
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