Evening star., 1932-09-04
ARCHITECT DEF|ES
/ DEPRESSION CURB
Solves Present Problems in
| Building by Going Back
to Sources.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch TO Tne star.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, September 3
(N.AN.A.).-Frank Lloyd Wright, Wis
consin's non-conformist architect, has
lived in defiance Of nearly every social
convention and worked against almost
the traditions of architecture.
Still defiant, he now defies the de-
preston.
Practically without funds, he is en-
larging the beautiful but long aban-
doned hillside home school which he
designed for his two maiden aunts
years ago. It stands on the site of
their grandfather's homestead, now Mr..
Wright's 250-acre farm, near the Wis
consin River.
His new school is "the Taliesin Fell
lowship." with enrolment limited to 10
apprentices.
His method of building it is to go
back to the land for material and back
to the locality for labor. When COM
pleted 1t will be worth about SIPS, 900,
but 1t is costing Mr.. Wright only
fraction Of that. He has solved the
depression problem for himself and for
at least 80 neighbors.
Goes Back to Sources.
The first building will be ready fer
use about October 20. opening date for
the fellowship. Meantime, the appren-
tices live in the architects home near
by. and work in his studio.
We couldn't do anything with the
white collarites," said Mr. Wright, so
We decided to begin with our hands in
the mud. We are building out Of the
ground-quarrying our own rock, fell
ing our own trees, raising our own food.
We are going back to sources"
Even the labor for building the fell
lowship is coming from the land. Men
of the countryside work at "Taliesin"
for their room and board. They re-
ceive small compensation as the work
progresses and will receive further rec
ompense for their share in erecting the
building when and as the school starts
to function.
These men are working on a part
nership basis" Mr.. Wright explained.
mot for wager, but for what they will
receive later. Our work gives them con-
structive activity in place of the de-
pressing inactivity Of hard times"
The apprentices 50 far at "Taliesin"
are all architects. They are Mr.. and
Mrs Hugo Klumb, Germany; Rudolph
Mock, Switzerland; Karl Jensen, Dem
mark; Yen Liang, China; James
Drought, Milwaukee: Vischer Boyd,
Philadelphia, and Samuel Ratensky,
New York.
Developing Machine Culture.
Mr. Wright wishes to develop q ma
chine culture for the machine age.
He believes that by placing the ma
chine in the hands Of unspoiled young
men and women and ingraining them
with the principles Of organic archi-
lecture" as he sees them, significance
and beauty will enter into the design
of all machine-made objects.
Eventually the fellowship personnel
will include 2 competent leader who
Will be in residence with apprentices
and in direct charge of the work Of
the fellowship; three resident associates.
sculptor, q painter and q musician;
10 qualified apprentices. seven honor
apprentices who will have the status of
senior apprentices, and three in in
dustry.
At "Taliesin" there are no classes. no
set entrance requirements, no diplomas,
monial Is given each apprentice as he
or she leaves the fellowship.
In addition to the tuition fee, which
covers living expenses and thc rest cf
instruction. each apprentice Is -'c-'IircG
to do his share of work about the place
Meals are taken In common. Hours
are fixed for work. recreation and sleep.
After a prescribed three hours Of con-
trfbutive labor, each apprentice chooses
has own work for the rest of the day.
Each has private room for study.
(Copyrisht, 1882 by North American News
paper Alliance, Inc)