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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Houses (2005)

by Alan Hess, Alan Weintraub (Photographer)

Other authors: Kenneth Frampton (Contributor), Thomas S. Hines (Contributor), Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (Contributor)

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Frank Lloyd Wright is not only synonymous with architecture, his name is also synonymous with the American house in the twentieth century. In particular, his residential work has been the subject of continuing interest and controversy. Wright's Fallingwater (1935), the seminal masterpiece perched over a waterfall deep in the Pennsylvania highlands, is perhaps the best-known private house in the history of the world. In fact, Wright's houses-from his Prairie style Robie House (1906) in Chicago, to the Storer (1923) and Freeman (1923) houses in Los Angeles, and Taliesen West (1937) in the Arizona desert-are all touchstones of modern architecture. For the first time, all 289 extant houses are shown here in exquisite color photographs. Along with Weintraub's stunning photos and a selection of floor plans and archival images, the book includes text and essays by several leading Wright scholars. Frank Lloyd Wright: The Houses is an event of great importance and a major contribution to the literature on this titan of modern architecture.… (more)
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Very nice pictures! Would have liked to know more about ground plans ( )
  melsmarsh | Feb 16, 2020 |
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Weintraub, AlanPhotographermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Frampton, KennethContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hines, Thomas S.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pfeiffer, Bruce BrooksContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Frank Lloyd Wright attractes attention. (Introduction)
The twenty-year-old youth who arrived in Chicago in 1887 was as ambitious and provinicial as the city itself.
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Frank Lloyd Wright is not only synonymous with architecture, his name is also synonymous with the American house in the twentieth century. In particular, his residential work has been the subject of continuing interest and controversy. Wright's Fallingwater (1935), the seminal masterpiece perched over a waterfall deep in the Pennsylvania highlands, is perhaps the best-known private house in the history of the world. In fact, Wright's houses-from his Prairie style Robie House (1906) in Chicago, to the Storer (1923) and Freeman (1923) houses in Los Angeles, and Taliesen West (1937) in the Arizona desert-are all touchstones of modern architecture. For the first time, all 289 extant houses are shown here in exquisite color photographs. Along with Weintraub's stunning photos and a selection of floor plans and archival images, the book includes text and essays by several leading Wright scholars. Frank Lloyd Wright: The Houses is an event of great importance and a major contribution to the literature on this titan of modern architecture.

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