Taliesin West Historic Preservation Plan
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Taliesin West Approved April 10, 2008 by the Historic Preservation Plan Historic Preservation Commission December 2007 photo by Don Meserve, City of Scottsdale Taliesin West HP Plan Table of Contents Chapter .................................................................................................................................... Page Chapter 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1-5 Taliesin West and the Historic Preservation Plan ....................................................................... 1 Policy Basis and Purpose of Design Guidelines ......................................................................... 1 Role of the Foundation in the Implementation of the HP Plan ..................................................... 2 Basic Principles for Historic Preservation ................................................................................... 2 How Taliesin West HP Plan is Organized ................................................................................... 2 Review Procedures for Taliesin West ......................................................................................... 3 Steps In the City’s Historic Preservation Review Process ........................................................... 3 Chapter 2. History, Significance and Chronology ........................................................................ 6-17 Location of Taliesin West and HP Designation on the Property .................................................. 6 A Brief History of Taliesin West .................................................................................................. 7 Significance ................................................................................................................................ 8 Period of Significance – 1937 to 1959 ........................................................................................ 9 Application of Period of Significance to Post-Wright Buildings and Improvements Outside the Historic Core ............................................................................. 9 Site Chronology ........................................................................................................................ 10 Detailed Descriptions of Buildings or Portions of Buildings Constructed During Frank Lloyd Wright’s Lifetime ................................................................................. 10 Construction After Frank Lloyd Wright’s Lifetime ...................................................................... 17 Chapter 3. Character-Defining Features and Related Design Guidelines ................................. 18-33 A.1. General Feature - Desert Setting ..................................................................................... 18 A.2. General Feature - Site Plan and Arrangement of Buildings .............................................. 19 A.3. General Feature - Evolution and Experimentation at Taliesin West .................................. 20 Guidelines for General Features ............................................................................................... 21 Character-Defining Features of Specific Components and Elements ........................................ 21 B.1. Scale, Form, Massing and Arrangement of Buildings ....................................................... 21 -i- Table of Contents (cont’d) Chapter .................................................................................................................................... Page Guidelines for Scale, Form, Massing and Arrangement ............................................................ 22 B.2. Building Materials and Construction Methods ................................................................... 22 Guidelines for Building Materials and Construction Methods .................................................... 28 B.3. Architectural Features ...................................................................................................... 28 Guidelines for Architectural Features ........................................................................................ 30 B.4. Building Detailing and Trim .............................................................................................. 30 Guidelines for Detailing and Trim ............................................................................................. 31 B.5. Landscape and Exterior Site Features ............................................................................. 31 B.6. Art, Sculpture, Fountains and Boulders ............................................................................ 32 Guidelines for Exterior Site Features ........................................................................................ 33 Chapter 4. Additional Guidelines for Wright Designed/Directed ............................................... 34-35 Definition of Preservation Treatments ....................................................................................... 34 Guidelines for Additions and New Construction in Historic Core ............................................... 34 Guidelines for Additions and New Construction in the HP Area ................................................ 34 Guidelines for Environmentally Sensitive Design and Energy Conservation ............................. 35 Chapter 5. City Preservation Assistance.......................................................................................... 36 City Preservation Assistance .................................................................................................... 36 Technical Assistance ................................................................................................................ 36 Promotional Assistance ............................................................................................................ 36 Developmental Assistance ....................................................................................................... 36 Financial Assistance ................................................................................................................. 36 Acknowledgements: The Taliesin West HP Plan was prepared through a collaborative effort between the City of Scottsdale (COS) Historic Preservation Office in Preservation and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation (Foundation or FLWF) that owns the property. Members of the Scottsdale Historic Preservation Commission and its Taliesin West HP Plan Committee were active participants in this process and contributed to the product. The names of all the people who contributed to this plan are too numerous to list individually. -ii- development or construction within the designated HP Area. Chapter 1. Introduction Instead it is intended to: Provide guidelines for the work that is done so that it does Taliesin West and the Historic Preservation Plan not adversely affect the visual appearance of the historic characteristics that distinguish Taliesin West. One of the available tools whereby local preservation goals can be carried out is to list properties on the Scottsdale Historic Register. Recognize the evolutionary and experimental nature of In 2005, the Historic Significance and Integrity Assessment Report Taliesin West. concluded that Taliesin West is historically significant and should be zoned HP (Historic Property overlay zoning) and listed on the The City acknowledges the guidelines issued by the Secretary of Scottsdale Historic Register. Local recognition efforts culminated the Interior through its Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines on April 4, 2006 when the Scottsdale City Council unanimously for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. The City intends for the approved the historic preservation overlay on the historic core of design guidelines in this HP Plan to provide guidance for planning Taliesin West (the “HP Area”). and undertaking improvements to the buildings and other resources located within the HP Area of Taliesin West. These After a property is listed on the Scottsdale Historic Register, the design guidelines also apply to the design of new buildings or Scottsdale Historic Preservation Ordinance (Scottsdale Revised relocated buildings within the HP Area. In the event of a conflict Code Section 6.120 et seq.) is used as a tool to protect and between the Secretary of the Interior’s guidelines and this HP preserve those properties officially recognized on the Register. Plan, the provisions of this HP Plan shall control. One of the ordinance mechanisms used to accomplish preservation goals is the development of a Historic Preservation The design guidelines will be used by Scottsdale’s Historic (HP) Plan for each designated property or district. This HP Plan Preservation Commission (HPC) and the staff of the City’s Historic for Taliesin West sets forth the objectives for the preservation of Preservation Office when making decisions about issuing a this important historic resource and identifies the standards which Certificate of No Effect or a Certificate of Appropriateness. The shall be used by Scottsdale Historic Preservation Commission City requires these approvals for all exterior work requiring a (HPC) and the staff of the City’s Historic Preservation Office to building permit that is undertaken within a designated historic review applications for the Certificate of No Effect or Certificate of district. This document will also be used in evaluating the Appropriateness.