When Eric O’Malley from Organic Architecture + Design Archives proposed to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation that the Call Building Model be recreated and returned to Taliesin, he turned to Stafford Norris III to build the replica. Together they travelled to NYC to study and measure the original, now housed in MOMA’s archives. The model was prototyped and built in Minneapolis, then transported in pieces to Taliesin for final assembly. It was completed and installed on the bridge at the Hillside complex where the original stood for decades to the delight of thousands of visitors. It was necessary, during assembly to work around tour groups and already, during the two-day installation; the model was spontaneously reintegrated into the tour guides scripts. The completed model was officially unveiled at Frank Lloyd Wright’s 149th Birthday Celebration.

This series of photos shows the final model under contruction in the shop.