Organic Architecture of the Islands - Opening Panel Discussion

This summer we invite you to visit for our exciting new feature exhibit - From the Ground, Into the Light: Organic Architecture of the Islands, 1950-2000.

Focusing on the work of four innovative and groundbreaking BC architects (Ron Thom, Henry Schubart, John Di Castri and Richard Hunter), the exhibit delves into the design philosophy behind four unique residential projects in the Greater Victoria and Southern Gulf Islands region. Through photographic, artistic, video, and architectural craft representations, these stunning local examples of organic architecture will be illustrated as never before.

While the term “organic architecture” can be interpreted and applied in many ways, it was first widely used by the great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959). For Wright it signified an over-arching design philosophy which draws its primary inspiration from the natural world and our human place within it. From the Ground, Into the Light explores this philosophy as expressed in the context of the forests and rugged coastlines of the south-central Salish Sea.

The exhibit will open with an informative panel discussion which will take place at 7pm on June 27th. Speakers will include architectural writer and curator Adele Weder, architectural historian and theorist Kristina Leach, and Schubart biographer Michele Dunkerley.

Also in conjunction with the summer exhibit, we are excited to announce our inaugural Wentworth Villa Architectural History Book Club reading! At 7pm on the evenings of July 3, August 7, and September 4th we will be meeting to discuss the critically acclaimed book “The Fellowship: The Untold Story of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship”, and how it relates to the exhibit.

Host or Publisher Wentworth Villa