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The architecture school that architect Frank Lloyd Wright started nearly 90 years ago is closing, officials announced Tuesday. The School of Architecture at Taliesin, which encompasses Wright properties in Wisconsin and Arizona, will shutter in June. The school’s governing board said in a statement the “gut-wrenching decision” was made after no agreement could be made with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to keep operating the school. Specific details about the negotiations between the school and foundation were not disclosed.

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The Ennis House, which is located in the foothills of the L.A. neighborhood of Los Feliz, was built by Wright's son in 1924 for Charles and Mabel Ennis and is known as a unique masterpiece ... made almost entirely of granite blocks. The property's been a hot spot for Hollywood filmmakers over the years, appearing in countless shows and movies ... including 1982's "Blade Runner." As for the specifics of the Ennis House ... it's over 6,000 square feet including the detached guest quarters, 3 beds, 3.5 baths and the main house features a gorgeous marble floor linking the various...

Norman Lykes house, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, will be up for auction on Oct. 16. It was the last residence designed by Wright, who designed many iconic homes, including "Fallingwater" in Pennsylvania, as well as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The home was last listed for $2.65 million by The Agency, but it has been on and off the market since 2016. The Phoenix, Arizona, home will be auctioned off, regardless of price, by Heritage Auctions. "Curved lines in the home play off the curves of the Phoenix Mountains, and the cantilevered roofline provides...

Editor's Note: This article was originally published in June 2012 and has been updated with the most recent information. After the construction of the Bay Bridge in 1933, San Francisco began considering duplicating the bridge and running a second one further south across the bay. Enter Frank Lloyd Wright, a little-known architect whose idea and design for a second Bay Bridge never came to fruition. The noted architect hated the idea of a second steel structure similar to the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. Partnering with engineer Jaroslav J. Polivka, Wright proposed a concrete "Butterfly Bridge,” spanning from Army Street (now...

Located just 50 miles north of New York City, sits Petra, a heart-shaped island that now belongs to Brad Pitt, after Angelina reportedly shelled out £12.2million to buy it for his 50th birthday. Pitt is apparently an architect fanatic, so when Jolie discovered that the island's only two homes were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, she was sold. Pitt once said,“When I discovered Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Frank Lloyd Wright, it changed my life.” A source revealed that “as soon as Angelina heard the island was on the market she arranged a viewing. She was really impressed. The house is...

CLOQUET — Business as usual for the R.W. Lindholm Service Station can mean a lot of different things. To most, it’s just like any other service station: You go there to get gas, have your oil changed or maybe get your car fixed. Others see it differently. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1958, the station, which sits at the intersection of state Highway 33 and Cloquet Avenue, is regularly visited by history buffs in search of the famous architect’s work. The Frank Lloyd Wright gas station Thursday morning in Cloquet during the 50th anniversary celebration of the completion of...

This is not about Dick Morris’ latest book, Condi vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race. The issue today is “Should America have a woman President?” I reply, “Of course, and not a moment too soon. But shouldn’t we put a LITTLE thought into which woman would be good for the job?” The woman/White House issue is, of course, raised by the new ABC program “Commander in Chief,” starring Geena Davis. Does anyone have slight doubt that a President should be impeached and removed, rather than praised, if he/she threatened war against another nation for executing one of its citizens,...

SPRING GREEN, Wis. - Sen. John Kerry is spending four days at a resort in this community of 1,400 in the scenic hill country of southwestern Wisconsin, 35 miles west of Madison, seeking solitude as he prepares for his first debate with President Bush. He is not the first person to come to Spring Green pursuing seclusion. Among the famous people who preceded him here was Svetlana Stalina, daughter of the late Soviet tyrant Josef Stalin. Devastated by her father's misdeeds, she famously defected from the Soviet Union and sought tranquility at a private estate here. Then there was Spring...

If only Frank Lloyd Wright were alive to see this. How can great architecture simply crumble to ruins. While the shrine of Imam Khomeini continues to blind the visitor in awe and wonder (contrary to his humble abode in Jamaran), a modern and rare masterpiece of design quietly nears its final days in a suburb of Karaj The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has three buildings in Iran recorded under its accomplishments. These are The Damavand Higher Educational Institute (presently Payam-e Nour University), the summer residence of Shams known as Mehrafarin Palace in Chalous (presently occupied by the local police), and...

NEW YORK (AP) - A plan to build another Guggenheim Museum in the city has been scrapped because of economic constraints, the foundation in charge of the museum announced Monday. In an e-mail, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation announced that it, the city and the state's Economic Development Corp. had pulled out of the $950 million project because the economy made it "not realistic at this time." Unveiled in April 2000, the 40- to 45-story structure on three piers would have overlooked the East River in lower Manhattan. The design, by Frank Gehry, would have included 575,000 square feet of...