Who We Are

The Organic Architecture + Design Archives, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy of organic architecture and design. Its mission is to honor the past, support the present, and expand access to this creative, integrated, and uniquely American design tradition through preservation, research access, publications, exhibitions, and institutional collaboration.

Founded in 2013 by William B. Scott, Jr., Randolph C. Henning, and Eric M. O’Malley, OA+D was established in response to a growing need to protect original drawings, documents, and artifacts at risk of being lost, discarded, or overlooked. Early in its development, the archive began receiving significant materials related to Frank Lloyd Wright, William Wesley Peters, Eugene Masselink, Bruce Goff, Louis Sullivan, Paolo Soleri, Walter Burley Griffin, and the Taliesin Fellowship, establishing the foundation of what has become a growing and trusted archive.

Over time, additional collections have been entrusted to OA+D by individuals, families, and institutions, including the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, as well as the Fyfe, Schiffner, and Dodge families, among others, reflecting strong confidence in the organization’s role as a long-term steward. Today, OA+D preserves thousands of works that support research, exhibitions, publications, and broader public engagement with the principles of organic design, with new materials continuing to be identified, preserved, and made publicly accessible.

OA+D maintains a growing network of relationships with institutions such as Columbia University, Chandler Museum, Arizona State University, the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, and the Cosanti Foundation to support research access, exhibitions, and collaborative programming, while ongoing outreach continues to surface materials that remain at risk or under-recognized.

OA+D is guided by a Board of Trustees whose members bring diverse professional experience across architecture, historic preservation, design, academia, and business. The Board actively supports the archive’s mission, strengthens institutional partnerships, and ensures the responsible, long-term stewardship of collections entrusted to OA+D.