Author : Anthony Alofsin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 16,79 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780226013664
New definition to the little-known work Wright produced during this period, which he describes as Wright's primitivist phase. He traces this influence in his art through Wright's explorations of primitivist sources, innovations in sculpture, and an intensification of the architect's use of ornament. Less tangible, but as important, was Wright's view of himself, his art, and society, and Alofsin uncovers the European impact on the architect's image of himself as a.
Author : Jane King Hession
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 31,78 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781423601012
'Frank Lloyd wright in New York: The Plaza Years, 1954-1959', examines the momentous five-year period when one of the world's greatest architects and one of the world's greatest cities coexisted. Authors Jane Hession and Debra Prickel bring each of these unequalled characters to life, exploring the fascinating contradiction between Wright's often-voiced disdain of New York and his pride and pleasure of living in one of the city's greatest landmarks: the Plaza Hotel. From his suite, or 'Taliesin the Third', as it became known, Wright supervised construction of the Guggenheim, sparred with the New York press, and received many famous vistitors such as Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller. home...;Michael Carroll, a renowned astronomical and paleo artist for more than twenty years, has done work for NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His art has appeared in many magazines, including 'Time', 'National Geographic', 'Sky & Telescope', and ' Asimov's Science Fiction'. One of his paintings flew aboard MIR; another is resting at the bottom of the Atlantic, aboard Russia's ill-fated Mars 96 spacecraft. nd development without constraining
Author : Bruce LaFontaine
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 35,67 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780486293622
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.
Author : Edgar Tafel
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,62 MB
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0486248011
This insightful memoir by a former apprentice presents a revealing portrait of the great American architect, providing illuminating anecdotes about Wright's Prairie home and Oak Park periods, and much more.
Author : Donald Hoffmann
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 13,13 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0486274306
Traces the complicated development of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, including planning, site selection, and construction
Author : Thomas A. Heinz
Publisher :
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 12,61 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Architects
ISBN : 9780760734995
Mostly colored photographs with captions examine construction techniques and the detailing of some of the well-known architect's home designs.
Author : Nicholas D. Hayes
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 50,6 MB
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0299331806
Frank Lloyd Wright's foray into affordable housing--the American System-Built Homes--is frequently overlooked. When Nicholas and Angela Hayes became stewards of one of them, they began to unearth evidence that revealed a one-hundred-year-old fiasco fueled by competing ambitions and conflicting visions that eventually gave way to Wright's most creative period.
Author : Ellen Labrecque
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 16,6 MB
Release : 2015-12-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0399539727
Born in Wisconsin in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright became obsessed with a set of building blocks his mother had given to him on his ninth birthday. He grew up to become the father of organic architecture and the greatest American architect of all time, having designed more than 1,100 buildings during his lifetime. These included private homes – such as the stunning Fallingwater, churches, temples, a hotel, and the world-famous Guggenheim Museum in New York City. When asked how he could create so many designs, he answered, “I can’t get them out fast enough.” Frank Lloyd Wright was a man ahead of his time who could barely keep up with his own ideas!
Author : Frank Lloyd Wright
Publisher :
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 16,1 MB
Release : 1941
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Author : Patricia Geis
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,1 MB
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781616895938
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.
