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William Wesley Peters (June 12, 1912 – July 17, 1991) [1] was an American architect and engineer, apprentice to and protégé of his father-in-law Frank Lloyd Wright.
Other TAA architects included Charles Montooth, John Rattenbury and Vernon Swaback. Beaver Meadows Visitors Center, 1965-67 Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, architect William Wesley Peters, 1968-70 Arizona State University Music Building, architect William Wesley Peters, 1970
The facility is a Frank Lloyd Wright inspired building with Taliesin Associated Architects, led by William Wesley Peters doing the design work. [1] Construction cost $14.5 million with $9 million donated by the private sector and the remaining $5.5 million provided in the form of a mortgage.
Both buildings' designs are often attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright, but they were actually designed by Wright's protégé and son-in-law William Wesley Peters. Wright's widow, Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, is also cited as an influence. [3] Peters became the head of Wright's architectural firm Taliesin Associated Architects after Wright's death in 1959.
Wright's son-in-law and protege, William Wesley Peters, completed the plans for the hotel and delivered them in August of that year. [4] Construction on the motel began in 1961, and it opened in 1962. The motel, with its luxury amenities, was initially highly successful.
Architect William Wesley Peters, who served as president of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, wrote that Wright "never had clients who were greater in the sense of love and appreciation than Melvyn Maxwell and Sara Smith. It was a two-way road because the more that came back to Frank Lloyd Wright, the more he gave, so it was a double gain."