died inorn in 1867 and 1959. he lived through an era of development and change. when he was born, america was very young. he wanted to design and create an architecture specifically for america, something that was open and free, like democracy. so he comes here and he builds taliesin west, it is an open planned example of how we can create new architecture for america. so he uses it as an example of what american architecture can be and how it can relate to the landscape. with a, he came down belt of pneumonia. -- bout of pneumonia. living in wisconsin, the cold winters were hard on him. he was 70 years old and the doctors say, if you can't escape the winter, you can ask the end -- you can probably extend your life by 20 years. he remembers the wonderful climate and he will look for a property here where you can build his winter home, or he refers to it as his winter camp. he purchases the land at the foot of the mountain in scottsdale and commences to construct taliesin west, his winter camp. he reads the building -- roots the building into a landscape. it is an