Taliesin West - Frank Lloyd Wright Winter House Tour - HDR 4K Cinematic Relaxation with calm music

[@phyl1283]

I was there around 50 years ago when there was not much more than was left by FLLW when he died. A significant amount of additional structures have been added. This is a wonderful tour video, but it was so much more enjoyable when there were people there learning and working on projects. It seems like a ghost now with all of the buildings being empty and the "old guard" now gone. Sad. I hope it will be preserved for future interested people to see what a creative person Wright was even when he was fairly young when he was very old. I don't think there will ever be another architect with the creative abilities that he possessed.

[@cinematicrelaxation]

Thank you Phyl for such an honest and heartfelt comment. I am glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for taking the time to let me know that. It makes the effort to put these together worthwhile. Let me say this, the tickets for Taliesin are pretty hard to get last minute same thing for his Oak Park home and Taliesin in Wisconsin, I think your wish to preserve this and other place for future interested people to enjoy is alive and well.

[@arizonaalchemy7572]

The FLW Foundation is doing a nice job of preserving this Beautiful masterpiece. FLW was an amazing Creative Spirit, way ahead of his time. Love his work.

[@davidbrand2832]

In 1959 I was an architecture student at Arizona State University. A group of architecture students were extended a special invitation to Taliesin West by Mr. Wright after meeting with us on our campus. Taliesin West was a school with students working and building the structures north of Scottsdale out in the desert. It was alive.magnificent,exciting. There was a huge canvas topped drafting studio where students learned to draw as their master architect,Mr. Wright directed. Today that charm, excitement, and life is all but gone. A museium is all that is left. Mr. Wright would be very disappointed to see his dream reduced to a tourist attraction. I know I was. He was the archtictural designer of America.

[@RAREFORMDESIGNS]

WoW. I've never seen anyone take the time to slowly tour a Wright building like this, never mind having a nice soundtrack............................. I forgot to say Thanks.

[@cinematicrelaxation]

You’re too kind. Thank you so much for kind comments.

[@allenwood9967]

It would be great to see more tour's like this around frank lloyd wrights other house's and paul rudolph's deane residence 👍👍

[@andreewert1925]

The Ponds of Water are in case of Fire...Wright was being extra careful after the Fire at Tasliesn I back east..onetimes known as Taliesin East, Taliesin Spring Green, or Taliesin North after 1937, is a historic property located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the village of Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States. It was the estate of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and an extended exemplar of the Prairie School of architecture. The expansive house-studio set on the brow of a ridge was begun in 1911; the 600-acre (240 ha) property was developed on land that previously belonged to Wright's maternal family.

[@cinematicrelaxation]

Thank you so much for taking the time to post such insightful comment.

[@ioda006]

Thank you for filming this slowly so we can observe all the small details!

[@topcoffeebar]

Fantastic!

[@jthrilla9147]

Thank you finally no interpretation talking just be in the space an enjoy THE G.O.A.T

[@roberttobin3609]

Thank you for posting this peaceful and gentle video of this great work of American architecture. I love the way in which the Desert Masonry has been acccetuated. It's just so beautiful.We visited Talisien West in February 2022, and we were lucky enough to be there for the "Chihuly in the Desert" exhibition. The way in which FLW's work and Chihuly's work spoke to each other was truly inspiring. The only dissappointing thing for us was that our tour guide could not have been more irritating and annoying. She spoke to the group as though they were kindergarten children and spoke of "Mr. Wright " and "Mr. Chihuly" in hushed reverential tones and expected the group to finish her sentences, thinking that this was great fun, which it wasn't. We ended up abandanoning the group and earwigging the tour guide from the lagging group who was properly expaining everything in a way that was respectful. The tour guide spoiled our visit.We had travelled thousands of miles and paid good money to have this experience and we were so disappointed. Your video with its gentle music and thoughtful approach and without words is calming and healing and so much more informative than a guided tour where the guide thinks its all about them. Your work is absolutely wonderful. Thank you for sharing it.

[@cinematicrelaxation]

Oh you’ve made my day by posting such kind comments. I’m sorry the guide didn’t work out. It happens sometimes, but sounds like you’ve made the best of it. I took the self audio tour but decided to really just slowly explore the aesthetics and alignment of this masterpiece. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@ryanburdeaux]

Beautiful video. FLW was a genius !

[@orlandosarmiento9569]

Excelente presentación del recorrido de esta obra. Felicitaciones, sigan haciéndolos con otros proyectos de Wright o Neutra.

[@arizonaalchemy7572]

BEAUTIFULLY DONE !! I went on my first tour of TALIESIN WEST last weekend. I am a Huge FLW Fan you did a Respectful job on this. Great music as well, Thank you ! ;)

[@ymyone]

It’s absolutely stunning, you should feel blessed to have the opportunity to take in his design sense of space and light. Thanks for sharing and taking the time.

[@cinematicrelaxation]

Thank you for such kind words.

[@kevinmorin7965]

The finest, most elegant spacial awareness we've experienced in our lifetimes. Wish that Mr. Wright could have afforded steel in this work so that the wood deterioration wasn't a factor in this work after all these years even in the desert climate.

[@0cer0]

Thank you very much. FLWs places are all magic, but this one must have been a working paradise, literally. You can still feel it, even if the life has gone out of these walls. PS: I enjoyed the music very much, but I suggest Gurdjeff's piano pieces as a contemporary alternative (maybe next time?)

[@cinematicrelaxation]

Thank you kindly. I’ll check out Gurdjeff. Always on a lookout for new music. FLW architecture impact cannot be understated.

[@greatmustis]

Thanks for sharing this... I Hope yo see more videos like this with Taliesin, Hollyhock, Ennis, and every Wright building as possible..!!

[@marlonhuie8293]

Incredible!! Thank you so much for this!! The music was incredible too. So well put together. Wish it were longer.

[@cinematicrelaxation]

Thank you for taking the time write up such kind words. Much appreciated.

[@badapple65]

I’ve decided that it is as though they took a highly skilled and creative man never allowing him to see civilization and told him to design and build shelter. With nothing ever seen to base any ideas on. That’s what you get with just about every FLW design. The term “Thinking outside the box” surely was penned with Mr. Wright in mind. We live in a FLW “Inspired” cottage on the shore of The Rock River in N. IL built in 1948 only about 1200 sq. Ft. For 17 years. We shall never leave it. I find it good for my soul to ride my motorcycle from home to Taliesin North maybe 5 times per year, 2hr 15 min ride each way. Within about 45 min ride I enter the “Driftless” area of WI that was avoided by the glaciers where the roads have nothing but curves through hills, valleys, rock formations, gulches, rivers, creeks, forests and streams. You’d swear that you are in Europe somewhere. Every time that I go there I stop at the chapel just near Taliesin to see his now empty grave and to pay my respects to Mamah Borthwick, his murdered lover, her sad broken gravestone under the massive tree Frank planted when he buried her. But on a brighter note there is just something that you feel being in that area just outside of Spring Green WI that calls you back. We’ve toured the property only a couple of times. Just recently I found a one hour documentary about Olgivanna. His 3rd wife. An incredible woman the perfect match for Frank Lloyd Wright who constantly motivated him to produce incredible designs until his end, just shy of his 92nd birthday.

[@badapple65]

P.S--I meant too, to complement this incredibly produced video tour! Thanks so much for the work that went into it!

[@cinematicrelaxation]

What an incredible story. I just re-read it yet again and I appreciate you taking the time to write it out and share it with us. The spirit and how you experience and appreciate FLW work is the same we do. Deeply.

[@buddhababeoz]

Loved every second of this..The music really made it too! I was spell bound drinking in every form, texture and unexpected angle. The natural environment was was its ornament.

[@cinematicrelaxation]

Thank you, that’s a very kind comment to share. Made my day!

[@rickcrippen5180]

I can get in my car and drive for about 8 hours and be there or I can relax and just watch your calm excellent visit there. Ahhhhh… than you !

[@cinematicrelaxation]

Thank you! I appreciate your kind words. Happy holidays.

[@musk4mars116]

Nice video. I was there in 2018 on a winter day. There seems to be an oversaturation of magenta in your color keying however giving everything a reddish blue cast.

[@cinematicrelaxation]

Thanks for letting me know about the keying. Still figuring out the HDR workflows.

[@richardmcgrath61]

Lovely video. I'm touring the Southwest and visiting TW in a few months' time, been on my bucket list for many years and never thought I would get to do it.

[@cinematicrelaxation]

Thank you for sharing, book the earliest possible tour. It’s mostly outside and very hot in summer. Enjoy!

[@heru-deshet359]

Congratulations on your wonderful cinematography! This site (Because it's more than a dwelling and a school) is breathtaking, so beautiful and spiritually inspiring. I pray that I can visit it one day and I envy those who have, and have taken it for granted.

[@cinematicrelaxation]

Thank you so much for such strong endorsement! I hope you'll be able to visit this location and many more and I am glad I was able to contribute at least a bit of a preview of what the site is about.

[@williameason1194]

I guess the $39 fee to walk through reflects the staggering cost of maintaining the museum, which is common to all his designs. No telling what it would cost if it rained.

[@creolelady182]

what type of cell phone did you use? This video is beautiful.

[@cinematicrelaxation]

IPhone 13Pro

[@libertyfilm4096]

Are the materials rock, cement and wood? Or steel ?

[@libertyfilm4096]

Hi there, What are the materials of the roof ?

[@reneekroyer5104]

Just wondering why this tour begins with stop #4. What happened to stops 1, 2 and 3?

[@cinematicrelaxation]

My mistake, sorry about that.

[@0architect-]

I mean I believe the Taliesin west officially starts at stop #4. Are previous stops include the visitor center and such? Right before going up the stairs to little office building in the beginning?

[@heru-deshet359]

Frank Lloyd Wright was more about art the function. His homes have sections that say wow! With others that beg the question "What was he thinking?!" I feel he didn't take into account the suitability of materials like wood accents and structures exposed to severe elements of weather which required repeated early repair and replacement.

[@cinematicrelaxation]

You're absolutely right, his ideas were ahead of the capability of the materials. For example he wanted to have to large panes of glass come together at a perpendicular angle in a corner without support in that corner and he did, but over time that splits up and there is a gap. Nowdays that technology is here and I've seen it done in modern homes. The idea of compression and release is another contribution often used in modern architecture, his contributions were many. BTW.. I love the Local Project KZbin channel, you might like them too. I am not affiliated with them, just great content. BTW... This location specifically, Taliesin West, was meant to be build, tore down, re-architected by him and his students to test things out. That's one of the reasons the materials aren't holding up well. also, avoid summer months if you can, I filmed this in 115F July heat, the heat stole some of the experience for me.

[@heru-deshet359]

@@cinematicrelaxation Greatly appreciate the information and advice. Keep up the great work!

[@alanaguilar5449]

Name of the music par favor!

[@cinematicrelaxation]

Thank you, that’s such a complement. I’ll get you full list tomorrow.

[@cinematicrelaxation]

1. Butterflies (Piano Sonata) Tony Anderson 2. Immersion Tony Anderson 3. It Was Always You - Alstad 4. Aisha, Tony Anderson

[@creolelady182]

What kind of stone is that

[@sc1338]

Local sand stone probably

[@ReverseParticipation]

The lady at 13:30 😛

[@cinematicrelaxation]

She’s a friend that’s why she was goofing off with 😜. Great catch and thanks for your comment. Have a great day!

[@andreewert1925]

A Hip Soundtrack for this...I did not leave you...write my name in the Sand..Wright loved Music, Cinema...many pianos in all his House4s...it should be used as an Architectural School for at least part of the Year..that was the Intent of the Creator of this place, helped by the many apprentices, fans of Wright...lifting big boulders into place. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iarSg2WNiJmNnsk

[@creolelady182]

Unfortunate that the school closed but they said they needed student who could actually pay for course