On and By Frank Lloyd Wright - A Primer of Architectural Principles
Author(s): Robert McCarter
This volume contains a collection of the key essays on and by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), one of the most influential and prolific architects of the 20th century. The individual essays focus on specific aspects of Wright's work, analyzing buildings and projects in order to explain the general principles of Wright's much-debated design methods. Included are previously published contributions from well-known historians and Wright scholars such as Kenneth Frampton, Colin Rowe, and Gwendolyn Wright, as well as newer commentary from the book's editor, Robert McCarter, an acknowledged Wright expert and author of Phaidon's Frank Lloyd Wright monograph. This volume brings together in one place decades of important scholarship on Wright and his architectural principles, making it an essential reader for students of architecture and enthusiasts of Wright's work.
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'A beautifully produced and comprehensively illustrated tome.'- Building Design 'Why is this book so good? Simply because it provides a sustained focus on the 'ordering principles' that inform Wright's architecture, and, in getting to the heart of his design process, it becomes surprisingly relevant today... This book may be architectural history but it couldn't be more pertinent.'- The Architect's Journal
Robert McCarter is a practicing architect and Professor at the University of Florida, where he was Director of the School of Architecture from 1991 - 2001. He has written for numerous international publications and is author of the comprehensive monograph 'Frank Lloyd Wright: Architect as well as Unity Temple and Fallingwater' in the Architecture in Detail series and Louis I Kahn, all by Phaidon Press. He's also the author of William Morgan: Selected and Recent Work 1961 - 2001.
General Fields
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- : Phaidon Press Limited
- : Phaidon Press Ltd
- : 1.066
- : 01 November 2011
- : 245mm X 172mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 February 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : 85 col & 265 b/w
- : 372
- : very good
- : 720.92
- : English
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Robert McCarter