Insightful study of principles of Wright's architecture. Over 120 photos, plans, and illustrations of Robie House, Fallingwater, Taliesin, other masterworks.
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Donald Hoffmann served as art and architecture critic of The Kansas City Star from 1965 to 1990. Born in Springfield, IL, in 1933, he was raised about two miles from Frank Lloyd Wright's house for Susan Lawrence Dana. He encountered Wright's house for Fred C. Robie when he entered the University of Chicago in 1949. After working for the City News Bureau of Chicago and the Illinois State Register in Springfield, he joined The Star in 1956. In the early 1960s he began independent studies of the architecture of John Wellborn Root and of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Decent, but author's diatribes get old fast,
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This review is from: Understanding Frank Lloyd Wright's Architecture (Dover Architecture) (Paperback)
I have a lot of books about FLLW. This one is well laid out, with very good reference pictures and some interesting views of the architecture of FLLW.
What is disappointing is reading how brilliant the author is in his own words all the time. From the preface to the ending you get a non-stop diatribe from him about how he understands FLLW, and every other author that has touched the subject doesn't know his or her head from a doorknob, and I am sure that several members of The Fellowship as well as Dr. Storrer would disagree with him. If you can get around that, it is worth adding to your FLLW library. Just don't take what this guy says about his own personal brilliance, and definitely understand that what he may see in The Master's art isn't necessarily what you will see when you see it for yourself. FLLW's architecture is something that touches all of us in different ways.
5 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Understanding Frank Lloyd Wright's Architecture (Dover Architecture) (Paperback)
Not a bad book but the author could have provided more detail and photos to back up his claimed "understanding" of Wright's work. Some nice photos.
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