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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
LocalCollection
Archivision Base to Module 13
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Arizona Biltmore Hotel
Work_PrefTitle
Arizona Biltmore Hotel
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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North court, view looking northwest
Image_Title
North court, view looking northwest
Image View
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Creator:
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Albert Chase McArthur (American architect, 1881-1951); Frank Lloyd Wright (American consulting architect, 1867-1959)
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Albert Chase McArthur (American architect, 1881-1951); Frank Lloyd Wright (American consulting architect, 1867-1959)
Creator
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Location:
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site: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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site: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Location
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Location Note:
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2400 East Missouri Avenue
Work_LocationNotes
2400 East Missouri Avenue
Location Note
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Date:
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opened Feb. 23, 1929 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
opened Feb. 23, 1929 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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American
Work_Culture
American
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Modernist; Modern
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Modernist; Modern
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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hotel (public accommodation)
Work_Worktype1
hotel (public accommodation)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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architecture
Work_Classification
architecture
Classification
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Material:
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masonry block
Work_MaterialDisplay
masonry block
Material
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
Work_Technique
construction (assembling)
Technique
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; commercial
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
architectural exteriors; commercial
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Description:
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The Arizona Biltmore's architect of record is Albert Chase McArthur, yet its authorship is often mistakenly attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright, owing to Wright's on-site consulting for four months in 1928 relating to the masonry unit "Textile Block" construction. Some visitors say the hotel has the look and feel of a Wright building, especially in the main lobby, likely owing to a strong imprint of the unit block design that Wright had utilized on four residential buildings in the Los Angeles area some 6 years earlier. McArthur is indisputably the architect as original linen drawings of the hotel in the Arizona State University Library archives attest, as does the 1929 feature article in Architectural Record magazine. The two architects are a study in contrast with the famous and outspoken Wright being self taught and never licensed as an architect in Arizona. The more soft spoken McArthur was Harvard trained in architecture, mathematics, engineering, and music. McArthur obtained an architect's license in Arizo
Work_Description_Sou rce
The Arizona Biltmore's architect of record is Albert Chase McArthur, yet its authorship is often mistakenly attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright, owing to Wright's on-site consulting for four months in 1928 relating to the masonry unit "Textile Block" construction. Some visitors say the hotel has the look and feel of a Wright building, especially in the main lobby, likely owing to a strong imprint of the unit block design that Wright had utilized on four residential buildings in the Los Angeles area some 6 years earlier. McArthur is indisputably the architect as original linen drawings of the hotel in the Arizona State University Library archives attest, as does the 1929 feature article in Architectural Record magazine. The two architects are a study in contrast with the famous and outspoken Wright being self taught and never licensed as an architect in Arizona. The more soft spoken McArthur was Harvard trained in architecture, mathematics, engineering, and music. McArthur obtained an architect's license in Arizo
Description
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Three
LocalCollection
Archivision Addition Module Three
Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-MAC-AB-I6
Image_OriginalVendor ID
1A1-MAC-AB-I6
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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