Writings and BuildingsAs revilutionary as the structures themselves are the theories that governed Frank Lloyd Wright's approach to architecture. In this celebrated volume, first published in 1955, Wright elucidated his guiding principles in an evocative joining of text and image. |
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Rootsto 1893 | 17 |
Storer house Los Angeles Cal 1923 | 23 |
Prairie Architecture 18931910 | 37 |
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