On and by Frank Lloyd Wright : a primer of architectural principles

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On and by Frank Lloyd Wright : a primer of architectural principles

Robert McCarter, editor

Phaidon Press, c2005

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-369) and index

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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 new 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.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: Abstract Essence: Drawing Wright from the Obvious by Robert McCarter, editor
  • ON FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
  • CHAPTER 1. Academic Tradition and Individual Talent:Similarity and Difference in the Formation of Frank Lloyd Wright by Patrick Pinnell
  • CHAPTER 2. Evolution of the Prairie House by Werner Seligmann
  • CHAPTER 3. Chicago Frame by Colin Rowe
  • CHAPTER 4. Architectural Practice and Social Vision in Wright's Early Designs by Gwendolyn Wright
  • CHAPTER 5. Schooling the Prairie School: Wright's Early Style as a Communicable System by David Van Zanten
  • CHAPTER 6. Form and Philosophy: Froebel's Kindergarten Training and the Early Work of Frank Lloyd Wright by Richard MacCormac
  • CHAPTER 7. Enspacement: The Main Sequence - from 4 to 6: Analysis of Wright's Steel Cathedral Project by Otto Antonia Graf
  • CHAPTER 8. The Text-Tile Tectonic: The Origin and Evolution of Wright's Woven Architecture by Kenneth Frampton
  • CHAPTER 9. Warp and Woof: A Spatial Analysis of Wright's Usonian Houses by John Sergeant
  • CHAPTER 10. Frank Lloyd Wright: From the Prairie House to Fallingwater by Bernhard Hoesli
  • CHAPTER 11. A Beat of the Rhythmic Clock of Nature: Frank Lloyd Wright's Waterfall Buildings by Kathryn Smith
  • CHAPTER 12. Frank Lloyd Wright's Diagonal Planning, Revisited by Neil Levine
  • CHAPTER 13. Consecrated Spaces: The Public Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright by Jonathan Lipman
  • CHAPTER 14. The Integrated Ideal: Ordering Principles in the Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright by Robert McCarter
  • BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
  • "In the Cause of Architecture" (1908)
  • "The Logic of the Plan" (1928)
  • "In the Nature of Materials: A Philosophy" and "Integrity" (1932/1954)
  • NOTES
  • ESSAY and ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
  • AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY

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