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Frank Lloyd Wright: Master Builder (Universe Architecture Series) [Paperback]

Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (Author), David Larkin (Editor)
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Universe Architecture Series October 15, 1997
This remarkable book presents twenty-five of the most renowned and significant buildings of America's premier architect, from his early Prairie work at Oak Park, Illinois, in the 1890s to his daring creations of the 1940s and 1950s.

Published in association with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, this superbly illustrated volume features unpublished photographs for which renowned architectural photographers Michael Freeman and Paul Rocheleau gained unprecedented access to some of Wright's masterworks. The book examines in unsurpassed detail a selection of Wright's architecture that covers the phenomenal range of his work, including such internationally famous buildings as the Home and Studio in Oak Park, Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona, Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, as well as several lesser-known residences such as the Auldbrass Plantation in South Carolina and the Kenneth Laurent house in Rockford, Illinois.

The works featured here are succinctly documented by one of Wright's former apprentices, with text that details the development and execution of each commission. Also included throughout is a selection of Wright's extensive writings, unpublished talks, and private letters.

Frank Lloyd Wright: Master Builder takes the reader on a rich journey into Wright's world and fully demonstrates how Frank Lloyd Wright's vision completely changed the course of American architecture.

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About the Author

Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, a former apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright, is a trustee and director of the archives for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona.

David Larkin is the co-author and designer of such celebrated illustrated books as American Masterworks: The Twentieth-Century House and Barn: The Art of a Working Building.

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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Universe; Rev Sub edition (October 15, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0789300982
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789300980
  • Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.7 x 8.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,455,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Introduction, May 21, 2002
This review is from: Frank Lloyd Wright: Master Builder (Universe Architecture Series) (Paperback)
A good introduction to the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. The book focuses primarily on Wright's residential work ("Fallingwater" is included), though there are a few churches, a civic center, and of course, the Guggenheim Museum. The photographs are terrific, but the writing is, while eloquent, nevertheless a bit lacking; one gets the impression the poor writer was hired merely to wrap words around the pretty pictures. Still, if you're new to the work of this masterful, prolific artist (as I am), this book serves as a good introduction.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Album like: only 25 buildings in photos, a few tech. drawings, November 7, 2005
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CONTENTS
6 Introduction
10 The Early Years
12 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOME AND STUDIO, 1889-1909, Oak Park, Illinois
24 WILLIAM H. WINSLOW HOUSE, 1893, River Poresi, Illinois
32 The Prairie Years
36 SUSAN LAWRENCE DANA HOUSE, 1902, Springfield, Illinois
50 ARTHUR M. HEURTLEY HOUSE, 1902 Oak Park, Illinois
54 WARD W. WILLITS HOUSE, 1902, Highland Park, Illinois
60 UNITY TEMPLE. 1905, Oak Park, Illinois
64 EDWARD E. BOYNTON HOUSE, 1907 Rochester, New York
70 FREDERICK C. ROBIE HOUSE, 1906, Chicago, Illinois
76 Exodus and New Era
80 F. C. BOGK HOUSE, 1916, Milwaukee, W Wisconsin
86 ALINE BARNSDALL, "HOLLYHOCK HOUSE," 1917, Los Angeles, California
94 JOHN STORER HOUSE, 1923, Hollywood, California
102 Usonia
104 EDGAR J. KAUFMANN HOUSE, "FALLINGWATER," 1935, Mill Ann, Pennsylvania
118 HERBERT JACOBS HOUSE, 1936, Madison, Wisconsin
124 HERBERT F. JOHNSON HOUSE, "WINGSPREAD," 1937, Wind Point, Wisconsin
130 C. LEIGH STEVENS HOUSE, AULDBRASS PLANTATION, 1939, Yemassee, South Carolina
140 The Final Years
142 SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, 1943-1959, Ness York City
154 KENNETH LAURENT HOUSE, 1948, Rockford, Illinois
162 UNITARIAN CHURCH, 1947, Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin
170 ISADORE J. ZIMMERMAN HOUSE, 1950, Manchester, New Hampshire
180 HAROLD PRICE, SR., HOUSE, 1954, Paradise Valley, Arizona
188 GERALD B. TONKENS HOUSE, 1954 Anuberley Village, Ohio
194 BETH SHOLOM SYNAGOGUE, 1954, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
200 MARIN COUNTY CIVIC CENTER, 1957, San Rafael, California
206 TALIESIN III, 1925-1959 Spring Green, Wisconsin
222 TALIESIN WEST, 1937-1959, Scottsdale, Arizona
235 The Legacy
239 Notes
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