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New Frank Lloyd Wright-designed mausoleum unveiled PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Monday, 25 October 2004
Fri, 22 Oct 2004

BUFFALO, N.Y. - An open-air mausoleum by Frank Lloyd Wright was unveiled in Buffalo Thursday, more than seven decades after the famed architect first designed it.

Completed by Anthony Puttnam, a former Wright apprentice, the $1.2-million Blue Sky Mausoleum opened in the city's Forest Lawn Cemetery.

City officials hope the mausoleum, just one of three never-built Wright buildings going up in the city, will help Buffalo develop a reputation as a tourist destination for architecture buffs.

A gas station and boathouse are still under construction, timed to complement the ongoing restoration of the architect's Darwin Martin House and Graycliff Mansion.

"Together it's an incredible bonanza for our city," Fred Whaley, president of the Forest Lawn Cemetery, told the Associated Press.

The Blue Sky differs from other mausoleums in that it has no walls and no ceiling. Wright, who was adept at blending his designs into the environment, envisioned the trees and the sky surrounding two columns of white granite crypts.

"That was totally new to the architectural sensibilities of how you design a mausoleum," Whaley said, adding that the only other two mausoleums Wright ever designed were more traditional.

In 1928, Wright completed the design for the innovative burial chamber, commissioned by his longtime supporter Darwin Martin as a place to bury his entire family together.

However, Martin lost his fortune following the 1929 stock market crash and the design was left on the drawing board.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2004/10/22/Arts/wrightmausoleum041022.html
 
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