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Frank Lloyd Wright's Fireplaces (Wright at a Glance)

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"Frank Lloyd Wright's Fireplaces," by Carla Lind, explores one particular facet of the work of this great architect. This book is part of a series of "mini-books" devoted to Wright. But despite the book's small scale (5.25 by 5.25 inches, 57 pages), Lind has packed in a wealth of words and images.

The book contains Lind's insightful text, as well as a wealth of illuminating sidebar quotes from Wright and others. There are many detailed, full-color photographs of stunning fireplaces. There is even a delightful historic black-and-white photo of Wright himself playing the piano near one of his fireplaces.

Houses represented in the book include the Hollyhock house, the Hanna house, Fallingwater, and many others. Each fireplace is a beautiful work of art which seems like an organic, integral part of the home. This book will surely delight fans of Wright, and of home design in general.

It is 4" X4" or so and about 1/8 inch thick so I was surprised at how small it is.

The content was ok.

This book is too small. The pictures are in color with high resolution. Since the book is small, there was obviously not much room to add anything of substance to FLW's philosophy of integrating fireplaces into his houses. I liked the idea of focusing on FLW fireplaces. It will take you about an hour to read thru it. I think the author created a series of FLW books this size with different topics. If you had the set, they might look good on a small shelf as an academic accessory.

glad this book was done and I recommend it to anyone interested in Frank Lloyd Wright.

Piccolo volume, quasi un breviario, utile a chi vuole accedere rapidamente a un dettaglio di design del grande architetto.