Architecture : Frank Lloyd Wright: Master Builder (Universe Architecture Series)

Frank Lloyd Wright: Master Builder (Universe Architecture Series)

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This remarkable book presents twenty-five of the most renowned and significant buildings of America s premier architect, from his early Prairie work at Oak Park, Illinois, in the 1890s to his daring creations of the 1940s and 1950s.Published in association with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, this superbly illustrated volume features unpublished photographs for which renowned architectural photographers Michael Freeman and Paul Rocheleau gained unprecedented access to some of Wright s masterworks. The book examines in unsurpassed detail a selection of Wright s architecture that covers the phenomenal range of his work, including such internationally famous buildings as the Home and Studio in Oak Park, Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona, Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, as well as several lesser-known residences such as the Auldbrass Plantation in South Carolina and the Kenneth Laurent house in Rockford, Illinois.The works featured here are succinctly documented by one of Wright s former apprentices, with text that details the development and execution of each commission. Also included throughout is a selection of Wright s extensive writings, unpublished talks, and private letters.Frank Lloyd Wright: Master Builder takes the reader on a rich journey into Wright s world and fully demonstrates how Frank Lloyd Wright s vision completely changed the course of American architecture.

Album like: only 25 buildings in photos, a few tech. drawings - CONTENTS6 Introduction10 The Early Years12 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOME AND STUDIO, 1889-1909, Oak Park, Illinois24 WILLIAM H. WINSLOW HOUSE, 1893, River Poresi, Illinois32 The Prairie Years36 SUSAN LAWRENCE DANA HOUSE, 1902, Springfield, Illinois50 ARTHUR M. HEURTLEY HOUSE, 1902 Oak Park, Illinois54 WARD W. WILLITS HOUSE, 1902, Highland Park, Illinois60 UNITY TEMPLE. 1905, Oak Park, Illinois64 EDWARD E. BOYNTON HOUSE, 1907 Rochester, New York70 FREDERICK C. ROBIE HOUSE, 1906, Chicago, Illinois76 Exodus and New Era80 F. C. BOGK HOUSE, 1916, Milwaukee, W Wisconsin86 ALINE BARNSDALL, HOLLYHOCK HOUSE, 1917, Los Angeles, California94 JOHN STORER HOUSE, 1923, Hollywood, California102 Usonia104 EDGAR J. KAUFMANN HOUSE, FALLINGWATER, 1935, Mill Ann, Pennsylvania118 HERBERT JACOBS HOUSE, 1936, Madison, Wisconsin124 HERBERT F. JOHNSON HOUSE, WINGSPREAD, 1937, Wind Point, Wisconsin130 C. LEIGH STEVENS HOUSE, AULDBRASS PLANTATION, 1939, Yemassee, South Carolina140 The Final Years142 SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, 1943-1959, Ness York City154 KENNETH LAURENT HOUSE, 1948, Rockford, Illinois162 UNITARIAN CHURCH, 1947, Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin170 ISADORE J. ZIMMERMAN HOUSE, 1950, Manchester, New Hampshire180 HAROLD PRICE, SR., HOUSE, 1954, Paradise Valley, Arizona188 GERALD B. TONKENS HOUSE, 1954 Anuberley Village, Ohio194 BETH SHOLOM SYNAGOGUE, 1954, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania200 MARIN COUNTY CIVIC CENTER, 1957, San Rafael, California206 TALIESIN III, 1925-1959 Spring Green, Wisconsin222 TALIESIN WEST, 1937-1959, Scottsdale, Arizona235 The Legacy239 Notes

A Good Introduction - A good introduction to the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. The book focuses primarily on Wright s residential work (Fallingwater is included), though there are a few churches, a civic center, and of course, the Guggenheim Museum. The photographs are terrific, but the writing is, while eloquent, nevertheless a bit lacking, one gets the impression the poor writer was hired merely to wrap words around the pretty pictures. Still, if you re new to the work of this masterful, prolific artist (as I am), this book serves as a good introduction.




Frank Lloyd Wright: Master Builder (Universe Architecture Series)