For my road trip I decided to go to the Marin County Civic Center. I've always loved Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural style and I saw this project as a great opportunity explore and learn more about it. The Civic Center is located in San Rafael, California. It's composed of two main structures the Administrative Building which was completed in 1962 and the Hall of Justice which was later completed in 1969. It is most well known for being a Frank Lloyd Wright building and Vera Schultz the County Supervisor at the time was the one responsible for commissioning Frank Lloyd Wright. He was a very controversial choice and the board of supervisors actually proposed to stop the project early on in 1960. Due to pressure from Schultz as well as the community that proposal failed and the civic center was completed in 1969. It was the last building Frank Lloyd Wright designed before his death in 1959. His design elements can be seen prominently throughout the buildings in the architecture as well as the color schemes and furniture. Since construction didn't begin until a year after Frank Lloyd passed away the project was supervised by his protege Aaron Green who finished it exactly as Frank would have wanted it.
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