Frank Lloyd Wright said, “The outside of any building may now come inside and the inside go outside, each seems as part of the other.”
With so many layers of experimentation at Taliesin there are many inspiring ideas: borrowed views, seamless connection between the inside and outside, building and garden complementing each other so that the combination has more impact than either element alone.
The use of local natural materials grounded the place in its location, and great design executed in inexpensive materials made spaces more accessible. Wright chose yellow limestone for the house from a quarry of outcropping ledges on a nearby hill. Stones were laid in long, thin ledges, evoking the natural way that they were found in the quarry. Plaster for the interior walls was mixed with sienna, giving a golden hue. The outside plaster walls were similar, but mixed with cement. Windows were placed so that sun could come through openings in every room at every point of the day.
