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Danny loved this Mission-style cabinet filled with Arts and Crafts pottery.
We found the lobby elevators to be among the most attractive we have ever seen. Going up?
Outside the main entrance deco-styled Sprites bow their heads in quiet greetings. Designed in 1915 for Frank Lloyd Wright's Midway Gardens project in Chicago, the Sprites were thought to be lost forever after the gardens were demolished in 1923. After World War II it was discovered that several Sprites had been saved and were lying in pieces in the field of a Wisconsin farmer. They were rescued, restored and in in the 1980’s Mrs. Wright donated several to the Biltmore. You can click here to learn more.
This photo is from the Biltmore Sprite Dedication Ceremony held in 1987.
Reproductions of the geometric Sprite statues have been added to the grounds … one can even purchase a miniature version at the gift shop.
Over the years Wright inspired design elements have been incorporated into the landscape. We especially like how the light reflected off the iridescent tiles lining one of the walkways.
The Biltmore Block is used decoratively throughout the hotel.
The central fountain on Squaw Peak Lawn.
We loved the colorfully tiled Catalina pool. When chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley, Jr. assumed ownership of the hotel in 1929, he insisted on a specific tile be used in the construction of hotels first pool. This tile was only available on Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles -- and Wrigley just happened to own not only the island itself but the company producing the tile.
Paradise Pool, one of the newer pools is a veritable ode to art deco—and to Frank Lloyd Wright.
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