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Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography 9 reviews
Meryle Secrest
University Of Chicago Press, 1998
Wright the Man is Chronicled Here
Wright the man is chronicled here, in one of the two best biographies of the architectural superstar. One would also want to read Brendan Gill's "Many Masks" as a companion to Ms Secrest's treatment of F Ll W - just to get the harmonizing flavors of opinion.
Ms Secrest does magnificent research and shares it in a narrative that flows easily and keeps one's attention. Her information about ...
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Loving Frank: A Novel 143 reviews
Nancy Horan
Ballantine Books, 2008
Loving Frank is a book to love
This book is incredible! The research it took writer Nancy Horan before writing this book is immense. The detail, discriptions, observations and love of Frank resonates on many levels in this truly great book. It is a tragic and wonderful love story and an important part of American history.
lLoving Frank: A Novel
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Frank Lloyd Wright: An Autobiography 2 reviews
Frank Lloyd Wright
Pomegranate Communications, 2005
great story
Not just for architects.... the autobiography of Frank Loyd Wright it's a great story for everybody who's interested in passion for life.
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The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright 4 reviews
Neil Levine
Princeton University Press, 1997
The world's greatest living architect (his own words)
This splendidly illustrated book is written by an expert about the fascinating architecture of Frank
Lloyd Wright.
It is in a way a well-digested synthesis of the work of a generation of scholars studying on Wright during the past twenty years.
The table of contents ( as above) gives a good idea of the importance of this book.
Wright remains the most popular and most celebrated architect of ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright The Houses16 reviews
Alan Hess
Rizzoli, 2005
Almost As Good As Being There
This is a necessary book for all who study architecture. Why? Because the photography conveys something close to the reality of Mr. Wright's works, especially so when it comes to the interiors.
When I was studying architecture in college in the 1970s, the BEST photography books about Wright's oeuvre were "In the Nature of Materials" and the very expensive Wendingen Edition. Both are ...
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Stained Glass Window Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright (Dover Coloring Book)11 reviews
Dennis Casey
Dover Publications, 1997
CASEY's FLLW Artglass books are the best out there, period!
I personally have spoken several times with Mr. Casey over the telephone. I've made some of the designs which are easy to work from in his books and he is very upfront about the glass availabilities,where to get the caming - - which the smallest triangular caming is no longer available as he's aware also from source in Chicago. Their machine die's are worn and no longer make accurate runs of it. ...
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50 Favorite Rooms By Frank Lloyd Wright7 reviews
Diane Maddex
Harry N. Abrams, 2001
Excellently arranged; quality overview of great room spaces
The first thing that struck me about this book is how well put-together it is. In "50 Favorite Rooms by Frank Lloyd Wright," Diane Maddex (listed in the credits as "Project Director") has crafted a book that is clean, simple and elegant in its presentation of the architect's trademark design of personal living spaces. If you've visited more than a few of Frank Lloyd Wright's creations, chances ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids: His Life and Ideas, 21 Activites (For Kids series) 4 reviews
Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen
Chicago Review Press, 1994
Very informative! Great for budding architects!
This book has black and white, and red pictures of different shapes and structures as well as alot of personal history of Frank Lloyd Wright. It also has games, activities and recipes. Fascinating for our next generation of architects!
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Frank Lloyd Wright Interactive Portfolio8 reviews
Margo Stipe
Running Press, 2004
A super book
This is a unique book, nothing else like it around. A great coffee table book or a gift for anyone interested in architecture or the works of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Highly recommended.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: The House and Its History, Second, Revised Edition (Dover Books on ...6 reviews
Donald Hoffmann
Dover Publications, 1993
The Awful Problems of Turning Genius into Reality
This book is one of the best I have seen for describing in detail the challenges of creating one of America's architectural landmarks. Anyone who reads this book will be reminded of Thomas Edison's comment about genius being 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration. Fallingwater came as a commission after one of the longest dry spells of Frank Lloyd Wright's career. Despite having no ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Stained Glass & Lightscreens2 reviews
Thomas A. Heinz
Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2005
Decent pictures of many FLLW glass designs
This book has a fairly decent amount of photos of FLLW's glass designs, and the quality of the photos is decent also. I haven't read much of the book since I'm mainly interested in the photographs of his windows. There's not a lot of quality books out there for his stained glass (unless you want to spend $... on the Glass Art book), so this is a worthwhile introductory purchase.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Mid-Century Modern5 reviews
Alan Hess
Rizzoli, 2007
Comprehensive Interior Photos of Wright's Homes
Comprehensive photos of the interiors and exteriors of Wright's homes.
One is able to see the materials used, arrangement of furniture and colors he chose. Just what I was looking for. Beautiful book.
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Quilts in the tradition of Frank Lloyd Wright1 review
Jackie Robinson
Animas Quilt Pub, 1995
Finally--Frank Lloyd Wright is accessible to fabric artists!
This comprehensive book of quilt patterns using the stained glass window designs of Frank Lloyd Wright is a treasure. As a quilter and stained glass craftswoman, this book is a dream come true. The extensive explanations which accompany each design are easy to understand; the step-by-step illustrations make these complicated designs feasible for anyone. These deceptively simple-looking ...
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California Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright2 reviews
David Gebhard
Chronicle Books, 1997
Great in depth look into specific area.
This book is a wonderful in it's reviewing of specific buildings by FLLW. The book is full of wonderful color photographs of the structures as well as short articles on each. This is the book that puts all of FLLW's architecture in the state of California into one volume. This demonstrates how the architect could adapt an architectual language to fit uniquely into a particular region. Their ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright : America's Master Architect (Tiny Folio)1 review
Kathryn Smith
Abbeville Press, 1998
The cutest comprehensive Wright book you could want
This mini-book for the gnome's coffee table contains superb color photos, plus occasional color artist's renderings, of Wright's exteriors, interiors, and accessories from all periods of his life; it even includes items from his art collection.
Informative mini-essays in each of 7 chapters plus Introduction precede the pix; includes glossary and index. Lotsa pages in this "Big Little Book" ...
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Drawings and Plans of Frank Lloyd Wright: The Early Period (1893-1909)4 reviews
Frank Lloyd Wright
Dover Publications, 1983
Beautiful prints
We were fortunate to find one of the original prints while visiting a Chicago gallery. Unfortunately owning more than one print was well beyond our price range. This book captures the entire collection beautifully. These prints do Frank Lloyd Wright and his work justice, and the details are so interesting.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Chicago1 review
Thomas J. O'Gorman
Thunder Bay Press (CA), 2004
Frank LLoyd Wright's Chicago
I am a big fan of FLW and I have enjoyed looking thru this book many times. The photos are great and the homes are arranged very well. This is one good book.
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The Early Work of Frank Lloyd Wright1 review
Frank Lloyd Wright
Dover Publications, 1983
The Bomb
All I could say is that this book changed my knowledge of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Understanding Frank Lloyd Wright's Architecture1 review
Donald Hoffmann
Dover Publications, 1995
Okay Book
Not a bad book but the author could have provided more detail and photos to back up his claimed "understanding" of Wright's work. Some nice photos.
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The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright: Critical Writings on Architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright
Princeton University Press, 2008
He was the most iconoclastic of architects, and at the height of his career his output of writings about architecture was as prolific and visionary as his architecture itself. Frank Lloyd Wright pioneered a bold new kind of architecture, one in which the spirit of modern man truly "lived in his buildings." The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright is a one-volume compendium of Wright's most critically important--and personally revealing--writings on ...
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