Synopses & Reviews
Frank Lloyd Wright's career, sometimes tragic, sometimes tempestuous at all times creative has been examined and reexamined in numerous studies and articles both during his lifetime and since his death in 1959, which occurred shortly before the completion of his most famous project, New York's Guggenheim Museum. His life continues to demand re-examination as the development of architectural philosophy continues to inspire dramatic stylistic changes and new perspectives on the way we live today.
This concise consideration of Wright's life and work not only offers new insights into the character of this complex, powerful and at all times confident personality, but also the architectural legacy he left behind and which exists to this day in the vast number of homes and public buildings, photographed mainly by the author himself.
Synopsis
Frank Lloyd Wright was a genius architect and furniture designer, and his work continues to draw great interest and admiration to this day. This beautifully written and illustrated book looks at Wright's often tempestuous and sometimes tragic life and career, with hundreds of photographs of his existing buildings and other works, as well as archival pictures of those that have been destroyed.
Table of Contents
A biography -- Early houses 1887-1910 -- Houses from 1911 -- Non-residential buildings -- Unrealized projects -- Decorative arts.