Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the world's most prominent and influential architects. He developed a series of highly individual styles, influenced the design of buildings all over the world, and to this day remains America's most famous architect. Wright was also well known in his lifetime. His colorful personal life frequently made headlines, most notably for the failure of his first two marriages and for the 1914 fire and murders at his Taliesin studio.
Frank Lloyd Wright used basic geometric shapes as the foundation for his modern architecture. Learn your basic shapes alongside this famous architect with My First Shapes with Frank Lloyd Wright Board Book from Mudpuppy. Each chapter tab focuses on one of three basics shapes: circle, square, or triangle. - Size: 6.25 x 7"
Frank Lloyd Wright pioneered a bold kind of architecture, one in which the spirit of modern man truly 'lived in his buildings'. This title presents a compendium of Wright's some of the most critically important - and personally revealing - writings on various conceivable aspects of his craft.
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) gilt als der bedeutendste amerikanische Architekt und hat mit seinem einflussreichen Werk die Moderne geprägt. TASCHEN widmet ihm eine dreibändige Monographie, die alle seine rund 1.100 realisierten und unrealisierten Entwürfe behandelt. In Zusammenarbeit mit den Frank Lloyd Wright Archives in Taliesin, Arizona, wird Wrights bemerkenswertes Leben und Werk gewürdigt. Der Band beginnt mit Wrights Jahren in Japan, insbesondere am Imperial Hotel, gefolgt von persönlichen Turbulenzen. 1922 ließ er sich von seiner ersten Frau Catherine scheiden und heiratete Miriam Noel, die ihn jedoch bald darauf verließ. In dieser schwierigen Phase belastete ein Feuer in Taliesin seine bereits angespannte finanzielle Situation, was zu Zwangsvollstreckungen führte. Um seinen Lebensunterhalt zu sichern, begann Wright, Zeitungsartikel zu schreiben und veröffentlichte 1932 seine gefeierte Autobiografie. Trotz der Weltwirtschaftskrise und unvollendeter Entwürfe entwickelte er neue Konzepte, darunter die Blockbauweise, die zu einzigartigen Werken wie dem Ennis-Haus führte. 1936 vollendete er das Herbert-Jacobs-Haus mit seinen usonischen Techniken, die erschwingliches Wohnen für Familien ermöglichen sollten. Nach seinem Umzug nach Arizona schuf er mit seinen Studenten Taliesin West und erlebte eine Wiederbelebung seines Schaffens, die in den ikonischen Fallingwater und Johnson Buildings gipfelte. Seine usonischen Häuser rev
Early Visions : The Great Achievements Of The Oak Park Years
Originally published as Ausgefuhrte Bauten in Germany in 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright: Early Visions reproduces the first book of photographs of Wright's architecture. Here are the works of what is called his Oak Park period, the years between 1893 and 1910 when Wright lived and worked in Oak Park, Illinois. Included are more than thirty houses, as well as some public buildings. Early Visions covers the idealistic, formative years of Frank Lloyd Wright's career. In many ways, they were the most important years. A number of the buildings reproduced have been demolished, but many others still stand. Indeed, today under the auspices of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Oak Park celebrates the Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie School of Architecture in a National Historic District, with twenty-five structures by Wright. It is the largest collection of his built designs in the world. His home and studio at 951 Chicago Avenue, where he lived and worked from 1889 to 1909, is open to the public, and tours of his other buildings may be arranged. In this new edition of the first book of Wright's architectural photographs, the spirit of these and other early works by the greatest of American architects remains bold and vital.
“One hundred years from now, people will look at his ideas, his principles, his forms, and see—with wonder and amazement—that those ideas are still fresh, vibrant, applicable, and intensely prophetic.” —Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1969).Nearly twenty years later, this exhibition of Frank Lloyd Wright’s principles and forms validates Mrs. Wright’s prophecy highlighting his ideas—the foundation of his achievement.Part 1 of the book, prepared by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, contains four sections defined by Wright’s own words: “The Destruction of the Box: The Freedom of Space”; “The Nature of the Site”; “Materials and Methods”; and “The Architecture of Democracy.” The 150 illustrations in this part (86 in full color), are dazzling visions of what was but is no more, what was planned but never built, as well as those architectural treasures that continue to enrich and challenge our society. The illustrations are accompanied by quotations from Frank Lloyd Wright that demonstrate how his ideas found expression in his designs.Part 2 contains 5 essays that serve to increase our awareness and appreciation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s contribution: Jack Quinan, “Frank Lloyd Wright in 1893: The Chicago Context”; Aaron Green, “Organic Architecture: The Principles of Frank Lloyd Wright”; E. T. Casey, “Structure in Organic Architecture”; Narciso Menocal, “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Architectural Democracy: An American Jeremiad”; and Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, “The Second Career: 1924-1959.” An appendix provides full descriptions of the works in part 1, including notes on media, methods, and measurements.
The complete Wasmuth drawings, 1910. Wright's early experiments in organic design: 100 plates of buildings from Oak Park period from first edition. Includes Wright's iconoclastic introduction.
This is an insight into the career of 20th-century architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It features photographs, drawings and floorplans for more than 20 of his buildings, including his home and studio in Illinois and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Each house is introduced with quotes from Wright.
