Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright inscribed on the World Heritage List!
In 2016, a group of 10 Frank Lloyd Wright buildings across the United States were nominated to the World Heritage List, however the World Heritage Committee recommended deferment - meaning additional work was needed on the nomination (see original post below). Now, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation reports that the Frank Lloyd Wright nomination is ready for its close-up again, and the revised nomination (reduced to only eight buildings) was being submitted again for consideration at the 2019 meeting of the World Heritage Committee, held in July 2019 in Baku, Azerbaijan. And now, after a multi-year process (that also included paring the original nomination of 10 buildings down to 8 buildings), the works of Frank Lloyd Wright have been inscribed on the World Heritage List.
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Eight Wright Sites Inscribed to UNESCO World Heritage List
By Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
Posted July 7, 2019
Also see this previous article on the revised nomination -
Eight Buildings Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Nominated to the UNESCO World Heritage List
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
December 20, 2018
ORIGINAL POST (July 19 2016): At the 40th annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee, new sites were added to the World Heritage List. These include 20th-century works of the French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier, but 20th-century works of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright were deferred for reconsideration in a subsequent year. The World Heritage Committee meeting was interrupted by the recent coup attempt in Turkey. On Friday, July 15, the committee began discussion of the US-sponsored nomination of 10 of Wright’s works but, needing additional time, the committee adjourned and scheduled continued discussion the next morning, Saturday, July 16. In the interim, the coup attempt threw Istanbul into chaos and the World Heritage Committee announced the meeting was suspended until further notice. The meeting reconvened Sunday, July 17 for some final business, then adjourned. See below for the newest sites added to the World Heritage List
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UNESCO’s newest World Heritage Sites
By Katia Hetter
CNN
July 18, 2016