Frank Lloyd Wright's daring and revolutionary architecture was well-known to be designed to fit in with its environment: a principle he often emphasized and took credit for. One might wonder, then, how the Arabian motifs of the Wright-designed Marin County (California) Civic Center arose from its setting near San Francisco Bay? Did Wright really think that California was attached to the Arabian Peninsula? When Esther visited Taleisin, due to her renown, she was given the rare opportunity of visiting Frank Lloyd Wright's workshop area. Esther was interested in a building that Wright had been commissioned to provide for a client in Saudi Arabia. Later, when Wright's contract with the Saudis was cancelled, this same design suddenly appeared in the California environment. Thus, while environment maintained a high priority for Wright, his love of his own designs was apparently of higher priority than environmental considerations. Esther's photo slides include multiple photos taken at Taleisin.