An intimate profile of the great architect and his revolutionary achievements with photographs and drawings of his work and selections from his lectures
Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life and His Architecture
โ Scribed by Robert Twombly
- Publisher
- Wiley-Interscience
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 464
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
A complete biography based on a wide range of previously untapped primary sources, covering Wrights private life, architecture, and role in American society, culture, and politics. Views Wrights buildings as biographical as well as social statements, analyzing his work by type, category, and individual structure. Examines Wrights 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
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