Pittsburgh To London: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kaufmann Office

Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/16/2026
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location
Carnegie Museum Of Art

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Christopher Wilk of the V&A East Storehouse — the Victoria & Albert Museum’s revolutionary museum warehouse in England — leads this visual lecture about the impressive office designed by pioneering architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959; pictured).

Designed and built for Pittsburgh department store owner Edgar Kaufmann Sr. (1885-1955), the office is a beautiful and remarkably complete example of Wright’s work and of his philosophy of organic architecture in compact form. Its floors, walls, ceiling, built-in and freestanding furniture, upholstery textiles, and rugs are original to the room and designed by Wright — an unusual level of completeness for a museum period room.

The reconstructed office is now on permanent exhibit at the V&A East Storehouse.



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4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 United States