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Publisher: Pomegranate
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780764928901
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Racine, Wisconsin, which celebrates its role as invention city, welcomed the architectural innovations of Frank Lloyd Wright and is now the site of many examples of Wright's designs of private homes and public structures. Hertzberg, photography director at the Racine Journal Times, has created a history of Wright's work in Racine using photograph
Author: Allen H Brooks
Publisher: George Braziller Publishers
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 132
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Shows the floor plans and designs for homes, banks, public buildings, and furniture created by Wright and other members of the Prairie School.
Author: Robert C. Spencer (Jr.)
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Published: 1900
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Richard Guy Wilson
Publisher: Iowa State Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 148
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A reprint of the 1977 edition.
Author: Elaine Harrington
Publisher: Edition Axel Menges
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13: 3930698234
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It was in his home in Oak Park that Frank Lloyd Wright made his first contributions to the Modern movement. In 1889 he designed the first part of the house, in 1895 he added to it for his wife, Catherine, and their family, and in 1898 for his architectural practice. The entire building was a learning laboratory of modern architecture. While not a Prairie School house, it led to the development of the Prairie School. Wrights constant changes to this complex paralleled the evolution of his early architectural work and career. There, with his young assistants, he rethought the plan, spaces, materials, proportions, and lines of American residential architecture, creating a revolution on the Prairie. His home and studio provided the architectural environment in which to experiment with his ideas in three dimensions. The house featured contemporary art work, oriental tribal rugs, and Japanese decorative arts chosen by Wright and his wife. The studio was decorated with classical plaster sculpture, Teco ceramics and selections from Wrights large collection of Japanese prints. Wright completed the interiors, toned in natures hues, with furniture and built-in furnishings of his own design, harmonious to the whole. The colour photographs of Jon Miller of Hedrich-Blessing show a glimpse into Wrights first haven, where he challenged prevailing notions about the countrys architecture, and which he then left, to continue as one of Americas most significant architects. Included in the book is a portfolio of historic black and white photographs of the building, a number of them taken by Wright himself.
Author: Allen Brooks
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2006-03-07
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 039373191X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One of the most original and dynamic developments in American architecture, the Prairie School was a regional manifestation of the international revolt and reform that occurred in the visual arts during the early years of the twentieth century. Inspired by Louis Sullivan and given guidance and prominence by Frank Lloyd Wright, the members of the movement sought to achieve a fresh architectural expression. Their designs were characterized by precise, angular forms and highly sophisticated interior arrangements-an approach that proved immensely significant in residential architecture. H. Allen Brooks discusses the entire phenomenon of the Prairie School-not just the masters but also the work of their contemporaries. Drawing on unpublished material and original documentation as well as on interviews, he assesses each architect’s contribution and traces the course of the movement itself-how and why it came into existence, what it achieved, and what caused its abrupt end.