Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation doubles down on Taliesin closure

In the latest turn of events in the ongoing saga over the future of the School of Architecture at Taliesin (SoAT), the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, the group that owns and maintains the buildings used by SoAT, has announced that it will "allow its agreement with the School of Architecture to expire at the end of July, 2020," effectively finalizing the plan to shut down the school. 

The move follows an announcement made by the Board of Directors of the SoAT on January 25 indicating its plans to close following a disagreement between SoAT and the Foundation over the viability of the school's finances and over the school's continued use of the spaces at Taliesin. The SoAT Board of Directors switched course in early March, when it voted to rescind the January decision to shut down the school following an outpouring of financial support in response to the initial announcement.