Chandler Museum opens collaborative…

CHANDLER, Ariz. - The term organic architecture was coined by world renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. With this creative philosophy, Frank Lloyd Wright and his acolytes created buildings and spaces that seamlessly blend with nature.

In 2013, the Organic Architecture and Design Archives, Inc. (OA+D Archives) was founded as the only educational non-profit organization in the world dedicated to the mission of preserving materials associated with the American organic architecture and design movement. OA+D has since saved hundreds of thousands of drawings, plans, correspondence, photographs, slides, publications, ephemera, furniture, decorative objects and architectural salvage of renowned organic architecture practitioners. OA+D Archives collection contains works by Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin Fellows and other followers of the organic design philosophy.

In partnership with the OA+D Archives, the Chandler Museum has developed a micro exhibit to provide a glimpse of the treasures that continue to accumulate under OA+D's stewardship. Jody Crago, Chandler Museum manager states, "This exhibit offers visitors a chance to see incredibly rare and fine examples of work by Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin Associates and other great organic designers."

Select Treasures from The Organic Architecture + Design Archives: A Micro Exhibit is open now and will be on view through Jan. 26, 2025. The Chandler Museum is located 300 S. Chandler Village Drive. It is open Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m. and closed on Mondays. Admission is free.

Find more information on the exhibitions and programming online at Chandler Museum or call 480-782-2717.

Chandler Museum is an innovative learning environment where the community comes together to share our stories, store our cultural heritage, and experience Chandler as a people and place. The vision of the Museum is to be the community's principal resource to explore its people's history, culture, and place in a rapidly changing world of today - within and without the walls of a building. Find more information online at Chandler Museum.

The Organic Architecture + Design Archives
The mission of the OA+D Archives, Inc., a non-profit 501(c)(3), is to honor the past, celebrate the present, and encourage the future of creative organic architecture and design, through education, conservation of original design materials, publication, and exhibition. Our combined archival collections have saved thousands of pieces related to a wide range of organic architects and designers.

Media contact:
Rebecca Vega
Chandler Museum Marketing and Volunteer Coordinator
480-782-2879