Price Tower, National Historic Landmark and hotel in Bartlesville, United States
Price Tower is a 19-story high-rise in downtown Bartlesville that rises 221 feet (67 meters) and features cantilevered floors supported by a central core of four elevator shafts. The facade consists of copper panels arranged in geometric patterns that have developed a greenish patina over time.
Frank Lloyd Wright designed the building in 1952 as corporate headquarters for the Price Company and completed it in 1956 as his only realized skyscraper. The concept came from an earlier unbuilt project for New York from the 1920s that Wright later adapted for Bartlesville.
The name comes from Harold C. Price, an Oklahoma businessman who commissioned Wright for the design. Today visitors can walk through the lobby and see how the building still functions as an arts center and hotel, with the green copper surfaces visible from outside.
The building is easily visible from the sidewalk and stands in an area that can be reached on foot. Visitors should know that hotel rooms occupy the upper seven floors, while lower areas are used for exhibitions and offices.
Wright developed the design principle based on a tree, with floors branching out like limbs from the central trunk. This organic analogy shows in how rooms grow outward from the core and make each floor plan different.
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