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 Frank Lloyd Wright the BuildingsAlan Hess, Kathryn Smith, David Delong, Alan Weintraub / To be released October 2008 |
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 Loving Frank: A Novel Nancy Horan / April 2008 Editorial Review: Amazon.com. It's a rare treasure to find a historically imagined novel that is at once fully versed in the facts and unafraid of weaving those truths into a story that dares to explore the unanswered questions. Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney's love story is--as many early reviews of Loving Frank have noted--little-known and often dismissed as scandal. In Nancy Horan's skillful hands, however, what you get is two fully realized people, entirely, irrepressibly, in love. Together, Frank and Mamah are a wholly modern portrait, and while you can easily imagine them in the here and now, it's their presence in the world of early 20th century America that shades how authentic and, ultimately, tragic their story is. Mamah's bright, earnest spirit is particularly tender in the context of her time and place, which afforded her little opportunity to realize the intellectual life for which she yearned. Loving Frank is a remarkable literary achievement, tenderly acute and even-handed in even the most heartbreaking moments, and an auspicious debut from a writer to watch. --Anne Bartholomew |
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 The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright at Florida Southern CollegeRandall M. MacDonald, Nora E. Galbraith, and James G. Rogers, Jr. / October 2007 Description: As small Florida Southern College embarked upon an ambitious building program in the 1930s, the serendipitous arrival of Frank Lloyd Wright transformed the future of the school. Pres. Ludd Myrl Spivey was a leader with limitless imagination, and he realized the virtue in bringing an architect of Wright’s renown to Lakeland. Wright’s first visit to the lakeside campus was in 1938. He envisioned a grand 18-unit “Child of the Sun” campus, where buildings would grow from the Florida sand into the light. The buildings are especially suited to the landscape and are connected thematically by a series of covered walkways Wright called the Esplanade. Over the next 20 years, 12 of these unique structures were constructed at Florida Southern, and today they comprise the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright’s work. The campus attracts thousands of visitors annually, and preservation and restoration projects are ongoing. The Florida Southern College Architectural District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. |
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 Frank Lloyd Wright Mid-Century ModernAlan Hess, John Zukowski, Monica Ramirez-Montagut, Alan Weintraub / October 2007 Description: The mid-twentieth century was one of the most productive and inventive periods in Wright's career, producing such masterworks as the Guggenheim Museum, Price Tower, Fallingwater, the Usonian houses, and the Loveness House, as well as a vast array of innovative furniture and object design. With a variety of shapes and forms-ranging from honeycombs to spirals-this period is an important contribution to mid-century modernism. Mentoring such talents as Richard Neutra and Rudolph Schindler among others, Wright was one of the most influential proponents of the simplicity, democratic designs, and organic forms that characterize Mid-Century Modern. With lavish, new, previously unpublished color photographs and detailed plans, Frank Lloyd Wright: Mid-Century Modern is a comprehensive examination of an underserved period in Wright's career. |
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 The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog, Updated 3rd EditionWilliam Allin Storrer / September 2007 Description: Among the many books available on Frank Lloyd Wright, William Allin Storrer’s classic The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog is the authoritative guide to all of Wright’s built work. This updated third edition revisits each of Wright’s existent structures, tracing the architect’s development from his Prairie works, such as the Frederick Robie house in Chicago, to the last building constructed to his specifications, the magnificent Aime and Norman Lykes residence in California. Renowned expert William Storrer deftly incorporates a series of key revisions and brings each structure’s history up to the present day, as some buildings have been refurbished, some moved, and others sadly abandoned or destroyed by natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina—including the James Charnley bungalow in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Organized chronologically, this updated third edition features full-color photographs of all extant work along with a description of each building and its history. Storrer also provides full addresses, GPS coordinates, and maps of locations throughout the United States, England, and Japan, indicating the shortest route to each building—perfect for Wright aficionados on the go. |
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 The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion, Revised Edition William Allin Storrer / November 2006 Editorial Review: Booklist. Wright expert Storrer has compiled the definitive Wright reference book. His splendid descriptive volume covers more than 450 buildings designed by master architect Wright between 1886 and 1959. Storrer documents each structure with plans, drawings, photographs, and commentary. Each presentation is both complete and concise, following each stage of Wright's aesthetic development, each leap of his imagination, and each instance of technical innovation. The surprisingly fluid text includes anecdotes about the circumstances leading up to important commissions and pithy discussions of the personalities and motivations of Wright's often unusual clients. Storrer is not only a scholar and writer, but a computer draftsman and photographer as well. He has painstakingly redrawn floor plans to accurately reflect the layout of the actual buildings, as opposed to Wright's preconstruction drawings, and taken most of the 965 photographs. Storrer carefully composed each shot to capture the play of light and shadow Wright orchestrated for both the interior and the exterior of his unique creations. While Storrer's "companion" is not as coffee-table pretty as some of the other Wright books out this past year, it is an invaluable, enjoyable, and authoritative resource. Donna Seaman |
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 Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie Houses Alan Hess, Kathryn Smith, and Alan Weintraub / November 2006 Editorial Review: HOME MIAMI. "Comprehensive look at Wright's designs for the modern American Home." |
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 Frank Lloyd Wright's Hardy HouseMark Hertzberg / September 2006 Description: Author and photographer Mark Hertzberg's extensive research has uncovered previously, unpublished plans and drawings for Wright's original (and unbuilt) conception of the house, along with vast amounts of correspondence between Hardy and Wright. He has documented the house in all seasons and from many different perspectives, inside and out. His virtual tour includes interviews with various people who have lived in the house or had firsthand knowledge of its history--from Hardy's grandchildren to the present owners. The result is an intricate story of an architectural marvel interlaced with remembrances by its residents. |
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 Frank Lloyd Wright Field Guide Thomas A. Heinz / December 2005 Description: The Frank Lloyd Wright Field Guide provides the first complete visitors' guide to all of Wright's buildings in the United States and around the world. This new, single-volume edition is written and compiled by architect and Frank Lloyd Wright expert Thomas A. Heinz, AIA. In a highly readable and informative style, Heinz presents each building page by page, providing brief histories and background details, information on accessibility and viewing, and driving directions. Every entry is accompanied by a photograph and location map. Buildings are arranged geographically. A cross-referenced index enables each building to be easily accessed by location or client or building name. |
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 Magnificient Obsession: Frank Lloyd Wright's Buildings and Legacy in Japan (DVD)Karen Severns, Koichi Mori / 2005 Customer Review: Steve J. Sikora, Minneapolis, MN Magnificent Obsession, Frank Lloyd Wright's Buildings and Legacy in Japan is unparallel in regards to its subject matter. Although any Wrightophile can tell you that Frank Lloyd Wright was enraptured and secretly influenced by Japan, there is a gaping hole in the literature detailing the years he spent visiting and working in Japan. One would expect to see rare footage of Wright in Japan as well as visuals of the Imperial Hotel and the private residences he built there. You won't be disappointed. What you may not expect to learn is the degree of influence Wright had on the country that he himself took so much inspiration from, the long-standing relationships that were formed and the Japanese iteration of the Wright's nature-based organic architecture. The film is well researched and is rich in detail regarding the architects who worked with Wright such are Arata Endo, his chief draftsman on the Imperial Hotel as well as modern day architects who discuss how Wright's pervasive influence is still a powerful force today. |
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 Frank Lloyd Wright: The Houses Alan Hess, Kenneth Frampton, Thomas S. Hines and Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer / November 2005 Editorial Review: 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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 Frank Lloyd Wright Interactive Portfolio Margo Stipe / October 2004 Description: Fortunately for the many admirers of his architecture, theories, and designs, Frank Lloyd Wright was not only a lover of space and a man of vision-he was also a man who liked to save things. Since he opened his first office in Chicago in 1893, Wright held on to drawings, sketches, notes, photographs, manuscripts, and correspondence. Many of those artifacts survive today in his official archive at Taliesin West in Arizona. Produced in conjunction with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, this extraordinary book offers a fresh presentation of the documents of one of the world’s most famous architects. It is, in effect, a museum in a book. The unique book “experience” contains 25 interactive, three-dimensional features, removable facsimiles of original documents, never-before-published architectural sketches, and an audio CD containing excerpts from Wright’s weekly addresses at his architectural compound, as well as television interviews. Following the proven success of other Wright titles, this is an engaging journey into the life and work of the iconic American architect through words, pictures, and artifacts. |
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 The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete CatalogWilliam Allin Storrer / October 2002 Customer Review: This book is just what it says it is, A complete catalog of the works of Frank Lloyd Wright built during his life time. The text for each structure, in most cases was taken from Mr. Storrer's book The FLW Companion except where new data has been added since the original publication. Each site is illustrated with a photo. Even lost or demolished works, and most are in color. In many cases new or additional photos are included. For me, the main benefit of this book is the Field Guide Maps section at the end. As clearly stated in the text the scale of the maps is compressed for ease of display, BUT the actual site location is so accurately shown that you can determine which side of the street the structure is on and if visable from public property. |
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 Usonian Houses: Frank Lloyd Wright at a Glance Doreen Ehrlich / October 2002 Editorial Review: Despite his roster of famously elite achievements-museums, public buildings, grand homes of wealthy clients-Frank Lloyd Wright was aware of the needs of the typical American family, particularly during the Great Depression. For them he designed the "Usonian Home" and proved that affordability and superb architecture could go hand in hand. With simple supplies and characteristic creativity, Wright devised a home that belied its modest price tag and sacrificed nothing in the way of elegance. Take a fascinating tour of the best of these homes--including the inaugural Jacobs House (1936)--each one built on the same principles, but subtly differing, depending on the lifestyles of the occupants and local materials available. A history of the design concept combined with ten detailed case studies demonstrate Wright's incredible ability to adapt his innovative ideas and methods to the needs of ordinary American folk. all in color |
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 The Life & Works of Frank Lloyd Wright Trewin Copplestone, Thomas Heinz / September 2002 Editorial Review: This beautifully illustrated book takes you on the journey of the life and works of well-known architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Filled with full-color photographs of every one of his existing buildings, as well as archival photos of many of his buildings that have been destroyed, this complete collection is an irresistible homage to Frank Lloyd Wright. |
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 Frank Lloyd Wright's Houses Thomas A. Heinz / May 2002 Editorial Review: This beautifully illustrated book takes a look at many unusual private homes designed by Wright, from the cantilevered "Fallingwater" in Pennsylvania to the "Desert-rose" concrete-block Lykes House in Phoenix, Arizona. Includes many popular examples of Wright's most famous houses. |
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 Frank Lloyd Wright in Pop-UpIain Thomson, Keith Finch, Andrew Crowson / April 2002 Using the latest in paper engineering, this book brings to life six of Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous buildings: The Robie House in Chicago, the Charles Ennis House, Fallingwater, the Johnson's Wax administrative building and research tower, the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art. |
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 Usonia New York: Building a Community with Frank Lloyd WrightRoland Reisley, John Timpane, Martin Filler / August 2001 Editorial Review: Usonia, New York is the story of a group of idealistic men and women who, following WWII, enlisted Frank Lloyd Wright to design and help them build a cooperative utopian community near Pleasantville, NY. Through both historic memorabilia and contemporary color photos, this book reveals the still-thriving community based on concepts Wright advocated in his Broadacre City proposals.
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 Wright for WrightHugh Howard & Roger Straus III / June 2001 Editorial Review: Wright for Wright is the first book to focus exclusively on the twenty houses and other structures Frank Lloyd Wright built for himself and his family. Free from the constraints and, in Wright's case, conflict of the client-architect relationship, these houses present Wright at his unfettered best: building and constantly renovating in the materials and locations that mattered to him most. Photographed for the first time in spectacular full-color panoramic shots by longtime Wright photographer Roger Straus, these shots capture the houses as part of landscape-the way Wright envisioned them. Along with Hugh Howard's provoking, not to mention revelatory, text this book is set to be a unique and compelling volume for Wright's many fans.
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 Frank Lloyd Wright: A Gatefold PortfolioRobin Langley Sommer and Balthazar Korab / May 2001 Description: This volume offers a unique perspective on sixteen of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest and most adventurous works. Each eight-page gatefold--opening out to almost three feet--presents the author's original rendering in full size, allowing readers to appreciate in detail Wright's original conception of the building. Thirty-two pages of gatefold pullouts, featuring sixteen full-color renderings. Includes some of Wright's most celebrated residential, public, and religious structures, including Wright's own home and studio, the Dana-Thomas house, Unity Temple, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Accompanying text, interior and exterior photos, and scaled floor plans detail the course of commissioning and construction for each building.
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 50 Houses by Frank Lloyd WrightDiane Maddex / April 2000 Editorial Review: Celebrates the great houses designed by Wright. An llustrated introduction provides an overview of design principles and Wright's ideas behind the modern home and is followed by sections on Early Houses, Prairie Houses, 1920's and 1930's Houses, and Usonian Houses. Elegant full-color photographs and an authoritative yet accessible text profile of fifty of the best-loved signature homes that the architect created. |
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 A Living Architecture: Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin ArchitectsJohn Rattenbury / October 2000 Publisher's Description: Author John Rattenbury is the head of Taliesin Architects; he began studying with Wright in 1950, and he has been with Taliesin ever since. A Living Architecture offers a fascinating overview of Taliesin Architects' work of the past forty years, a history of the fellowship's development, and a succinct summary of Wright's design philosophy. With three hundred full-color photographs and drawings, it is also a spectacular visual treat, documenting some of the world's most exciting buildings of the late twentieth century. |
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 Frank Lloyd Wright: A Visual EncyclopediaIain Thomson / January 2000 Description: A comprehensive guide to the life and times of the man widely considered to be one of the most innovative and influential figures in modern architecture provides an A to Z chronicle of Wright's work, family, friends, and the major events that shaped his career. Over 1,000 stunning color photographs include interior and exterior shots of his most acclaimed architectural masterpieces. |
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 Frank Lloyd Wright's House BeautifulHearst Books, Louis Oliver Cropp / September 2000 Description: This book features the special relationship Wright had with House Beautiful magazine, a relationship that spanned six decades. In 1897, the year the magazine began, Wright developed his own concept of "The House Beautiful," in a limited edition masterpiece that detailed his theories of the ideal home. More than a century later, this book presents his concepts, alongside stunning photographs depicting the evolution of Wright's "organic architecture" style, including the Prairie style of the early 1900s, the California textile-block houses of the 1920s, his one-of-a-kind expressive designs (such as Fallingwater), and the simple Usonian houses of the 1940s and 1950s--all of which exemplified the Wrightian principles of unity, simplicity, and respect for nature. Also included are suggestions for bringing his ideas into every home, and a catalog of reproductions of Wright items available for purchase. Frank Lloyd Wright's House Beautiful is not only a treasure for any Wright fan, but a fascinating history of the architect as seen through the magazine that recognized his trailblazing talents from the beginning. |
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 The Vision of Frank Lloyd WrightTrewin Copplestone, Thomas Heinz / September 2000 Description: Virtually every structure that Wright built is represented in this extensive survey of his life's work. His genius at architectural design enable him to work out extremely complex buildings in his head and translate them on to paper in a matter of hours, as the famous story of his design presentation of Falling Water illustrates. His work continues to draw great admiration and interest to this day. His often tempestuous and sometimes tragic life and career are given full coverage in this book. Hundreds of photos, both archival and recent chart his amazing work and influence on all who followed. |
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