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The Wright space / Spencer Hart.
Publication details: San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press, c2001.Description: 256 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmContent type:- text
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- 1571455256 :
- NA737.W7 H34 2001
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Summary: This richly illustrated volume of designs by the visionary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) focuses on his unique ability to integrate structure and settings in ways that responded to the client's needs, the nature of the site, and the social changes that evolved over his seventy-year career. His respect for natural materials, and his willingness to experiment with machine-age technology, resulted in rare essays in wood, stone, brick, patterned and poured concrete, glass, and other elements combined in harmonious ways to express his elusive ideal: an organic architecture of free-flowing spaces dedicated to common and private use in ways that enhanced individual dignity and harmonious relationships.Summary: Wright defined space as "the invisible fountain from which all rhythms flow and through which they must pass." His principles are expressed not only in the residences that comprise the majority of his work, but in houses of worship, school buildings, workplaces, and resorts -- many still extant, others demolished over time, but documented in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives housed in his Scottsdale, Arizona, home/studio, Taliesin West.Summary: This comprehensive book includes many of Wright's best-known works -- the Meyer May House in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Chicago's landmark Robie House; the incomparable Kaufmann House, Fallingwater, in Mill Run, Pennsylvania; Oak Park's monolithic Unity Temple; and the cantilevered office tower built for Harold C. Price in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Acclaimed architectural photographers Paul Rocheleau and Balthazar and Christian Korab help the reader to appreciate the sculptural quality of the "Wright space," as enhanced by the designer's textiles, art glass, pottery, metalwork, furniture, and fixtures. The genius of a master builder unfolds in this handsome volume, which will delight anyone with an interest in architecture, design, or interiors.
Integrity of Site and Structure -- Common and Private Spaces -- Multilevel Interiors -- Sheltering Eaves and Balconies -- Indoor/Outdoor Gardens -- The Grammar of Simplicity.
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| NA 737 .W7 D86 1994 Details of Frank Lloyd Wright : the California work, 1909-1974 / | NA 737 .W7 F3 1961 Frank Lloyd Wright : a biography by Finis Farr | NA 737 .W7 F65 1999 Frank Lloyd Wright / | NA 737 .W7 H34 2001 The Wright space / | NA 737 .W7 H426 2000 The vision of Frank Lloyd Wright / | NA 737 .W7 H69 2001 Wright for Wright / | NA 737 .W7 L46 1996 The architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253) and index.
Integrity of Site and Structure -- Common and Private Spaces -- Multilevel Interiors -- Sheltering Eaves and Balconies -- Indoor/Outdoor Gardens -- The Grammar of Simplicity.
This richly illustrated volume of designs by the visionary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) focuses on his unique ability to integrate structure and settings in ways that responded to the client's needs, the nature of the site, and the social changes that evolved over his seventy-year career. His respect for natural materials, and his willingness to experiment with machine-age technology, resulted in rare essays in wood, stone, brick, patterned and poured concrete, glass, and other elements combined in harmonious ways to express his elusive ideal: an organic architecture of free-flowing spaces dedicated to common and private use in ways that enhanced individual dignity and harmonious relationships.
Wright defined space as "the invisible fountain from which all rhythms flow and through which they must pass." His principles are expressed not only in the residences that comprise the majority of his work, but in houses of worship, school buildings, workplaces, and resorts -- many still extant, others demolished over time, but documented in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives housed in his Scottsdale, Arizona, home/studio, Taliesin West.
This comprehensive book includes many of Wright's best-known works -- the Meyer May House in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Chicago's landmark Robie House; the incomparable Kaufmann House, Fallingwater, in Mill Run, Pennsylvania; Oak Park's monolithic Unity Temple; and the cantilevered office tower built for Harold C. Price in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Acclaimed architectural photographers Paul Rocheleau and Balthazar and Christian Korab help the reader to appreciate the sculptural quality of the "Wright space," as enhanced by the designer's textiles, art glass, pottery, metalwork, furniture, and fixtures. The genius of a master builder unfolds in this handsome volume, which will delight anyone with an interest in architecture, design, or interiors.
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