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The V. C. Morris Gift Shop is located at 140 Maiden Lane in downtown San Francisco, California, USA, and was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. The store was used by Wright as a physical prototype, or proof of concept for the circular ramp at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. All of the built-in furniture is constructed out of black walnut, is original to the renovation, and was designed by Manuel Sandoval, who apprenticed and worked with Frank Lloyd Wright. ==Present day== Xanadu Gallery, which closed in August 2015,〔http://www.savewright.org/index.php?t=news_focus&story_id=145〕 spent a significant sum to restore the building to Wright's vision. The gallery's website reported that it "put the million dollar restoration in the capable hands of Aaron Green, who had worked with Wright on other projects such as the Marin Civic Center, and was meticulous in maintaining the building's original detail and integrity." The gallery indicated that while retrofitting the building for current amenities (such as air conditioning) was difficult, there have been no roof leaks. The building was reported sold to a "high-end designer fashion boutique" as of July 2015 by the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy. The V.C. Morris Gift Shop was listed in 2007 at number 126 on the American Institute of Architects' list of the 150 favorite buildings in America. The building is one of seventeen American buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that the AIA has designated to be retained as an example of his architectural contribution to American culture. File:V.C. Morris Store exterior HABS CAL,38-SANFRA,160-1.jpg File:Morris Gift ramp HABS CAL,38-SANFRA,160-3.jpg File:FLWs V. C. Morris Shop (159607952).jpg File:V.C. Morris Store 2.jpg 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「V. C. Morris Gift Shop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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