March 16, 2026 • Posted by Design Bay Area
Join us for a private docent-led behind-the-scenes tour of the Marin County Civic Center designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The Marin County Civic Center (1957) is one of the last major works of Wright’s career and his only realized project for a government entity.
Meet fellow designers and enjoy a 90 minute walking tour! The tour requires walking about a mile .
Wright is widely considered to be the greatest American architect of the 20th century. His innovative design of the Marin County Civic Center dramatically illustrates the kinship of architecture to the surrounding landscape with long horizontal buildings that gracefully link the crowns of three separate hills.
During this 90-minute walking tour, you’ll:
- Get access to the Marin County Board of Supervisors Chambers and their private balcony.
- Be eye level with the building’s iconic blue roof.
- See custom furniture designed Frank Lloyd Wright and built by inmates from San Quentin’s wood shop.
- Learn the complicated and scandalous history of the creation of the building from specially trained docents.