Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright

Author: Ada Louise Huxtable

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-04-29

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780143114291

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Pulitzer Prize?winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable?s biography of America?s greatest architect Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the way she introduces Wright's masterpieces, from the tranquil Fallingwater to Taliesin, rebuilt after tragedy and murder-not only exploring the mind of the man who drew the blueprints but also delving into the very heart of the medium, which he changed forever.

Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright

Author: Robert C. Twombly

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1991-01-16

Total Pages: 471

ISBN-13: 0471857971

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A complete biography based on a wide range of previously untapped primary sources, covering Wright's private life, architecture, and role in American society, culture, and politics. Views Wright's buildings as biographical as well as social statements, analyzing his work by type, category, and individual structure. Examines Wright's struggle to develop a new artistic statement, his dramatic personal life, and his political and economic ideas, including those on cities, energy conservation, cooperative home building, and environmental preservation. Includes over 150 illustrations (photographs, floor plans, and drawings--many never before published), extensive footnotes, and the most exhaustive bibliography of Wright's published work available.

The Life & Works of Frank Lloyd Wright
The Life & Works of Frank Lloyd Wright

Author: Thomas A. Heinz

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780760734995

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Mostly colored photographs with captions examine construction techniques and the detailing of some of the well-known architect's home designs.

Famous Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright
Famous Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright

Author: Bruce LaFontaine

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780486293622

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For coloring book enthusiasts and architecture students — 44 finely detailed renderings of Wright home and studio, Unity Temple, Guggenheim Museum, Robie House, Imperial Hotel, more.

The Shape of the World
The Shape of the World

Author: K.L. Going

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-09-05

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 1442478284

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A little boy who loves to find shapes in nature grows up to be one of America’s greatest architects in this inspiring biography of Frank Lloyd Wright. When Frank Lloyd Wright was a baby, his mother dreamed that he would become a great architect. She gave him blocks to play with and he learned that shapes are made up of many other shapes. As he grew up, he loved finding shapes in nature. Wright went on to study architecture and create buildings that were one with the natural world around them. He became known as one of the greatest American architects of all time.

Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright

Author: Patricia Geis

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Published: 2019-11-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781616895938

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The life and work of visionary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright launches our new activity book series, Meet the Architect!, an expansion of our Meet the Artist! series. Flaps, cutouts, and pull tabs, take readers on a fascinating journey through Wright's famous works — the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Fallingwater, and Taliesin, among others — and the materials and techniques he used to create them. This hands-on introduction will inspire budding architects from ages eight to eighty.

Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright

Author: Meryle Secrest

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 660

ISBN-13: 9780226744148

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Wright's family history, personal adventures, and colorful friends are explored in this evocative biography. Secrest had unprecedented access to an extensive archive of Wright's letters, photographs, drawings and books. "Secrest's achievement is to etch Wright's character in sharp relief. . . . (She) presents Wright in his every guise".--Blair Kamin, "Chicago Tribune". 121 photos.