Frank Lloyd Wright: Master BuilderBruce Brooks Pfeiffer, David Larkin This book presents twenty-five of the most renowned and significant buildings of America's premier architect, from his early Prairie work in Oak Park, Illinois, in the 1890s to his daring creations of the 1940s and 1950s. Published in association with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, this superbly illustrated volume features previously unpublished photographs for which renowned architectural photographers Michael Freeman and Paul Rocheleau gained unprecedented access to some of Wright's masterworks. The book examines in unsurpassed detail a selection of Wright's architecture that covers the phenomenal range of his work, including such internationally famous buildings as the Home and Studio in Oak Park, Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona, Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, as well as several lesser-known residences such as the Auldbrass Plantation in South Carolina and the Kenneth Laurent house in Rockford, Illinois. The works featured here are succinctly documented by one of Wright's former apprentices, with text that details the development and execution of each commission. Also included throughout is a selection of Wright's extensive writings, unpublished talks, and private letters. |
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Master Builder Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, David Larkin. BLOCK DETAIL . The concrete block ? The cheapest ( and ugliest ) thing in the building world . It lived mostly in the architectural gutter as an imitation of " rock face " stone . Why ...
Master Builder Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, David Larkin. BLOCK DETAIL . The concrete block ? The cheapest ( and ugliest ) thing in the building world . It lived mostly in the architectural gutter as an imitation of " rock face " stone . Why ...
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... Concrete grout was then poured into the grooves , resulting in a strong bond of blocks and steel and a totally reinforced structure . This process Wright termed " textile block construction , " a direct reference to his idea of weaving ...
... Concrete grout was then poured into the grooves , resulting in a strong bond of blocks and steel and a totally reinforced structure . This process Wright termed " textile block construction , " a direct reference to his idea of weaving ...
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... block is coffered , to reduce its weight but still to provide a wide section ... concrete slab above . The house that Frank Lloyd Wright designed for Gerald ... block , are finished in fine Philippine mahogany . The ceiling blocks in the ...
... block is coffered , to reduce its weight but still to provide a wide section ... concrete slab above . The house that Frank Lloyd Wright designed for Gerald ... block , are finished in fine Philippine mahogany . The ceiling blocks in the ...
Contents
Introduction 118 HERBERT JACOBS HOUSE | 8 |
The Prairie Years 140 The Final Years | 32 |
UNITY TEMPLE 1905 170 ISADORE J ZIMMERMAN | 60 |
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