Scottsdale, AZ - While in Scottsdale, we stopped and toured Taliesin West, the studio and school of Frank Lloyd Wright. We took a tour of his apprentice accommodations and a few of his buildings. The first year apprentices stay in "tents" on the grounds to gain an appreciation for nature. For their second year, they design and build their own structure. The concept is learning by doing. We also found several contradictions in Wright's philosophies. He designed without always considering the client's wishes, placing built-in furniture where HE felt it should be, and yet, he revised and changed Taliesin West many times; he embraced nature, but (according to our guide) he didn't like the white quartz vein in the mountains the property overlooked, so he had his apprentices paint the quartz vein brown. Weird guy.

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