Main entry:

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.

Title & Author:

The natural house.

Publication:

New York : New American Library, 1954.

Description:

224 pages : illustrations, portrait, plans ; 18 cm

Notes:
"A Mentor book."
Book one: 1936-1953 -- Organic architecture -- Building the New House -- Simplicity -- Plasticity -- In the nature of materials: A philosophy -- A new reality: Glass -- Another reality: Continuity -- Materials for their own sake -- The new integrity -- Integral ornament at last! -- Great power -- The Usonian house I -- The Usonian house II -- Gravity heat -- Concerning the Usonian house -- Book two: 1954 -- Integrity: In a house as in an individual -- From the ground up -- Where to build -- What kind of land -- A suitable foundation -- Advantages of the berm-type -- How to light the house -- The great luminary -- Steel and glass -- The basement -- Insulation and heating -- The kind of roof -- The attic -- Size of kitchen -- The client and the house -- Expanding for the growing family -- Children's rooms -- Furnishings -- Chairs -- Paint -- Air conditioning? -- The contractor -- Grammar: The house as a work of art -- The architect of the future -- It is valiant to be simple -- The Usonian automatic -- Reducing the costs -- How the "Usonian Automatic" is built -- Organic architecture and the Orient -- The philosopy and the deed -- Acknowldegements.

ISBN:

0452004454 (paperback)
9780452004450 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic United States.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Architecture, Domestic Designs and plans.
Architecture, Domestic United States 20th century Designs and plans.
Architecture, Domestic United States 20th century.
Architecture domestique États-Unis 20e siècle Dessins et plans.
Architecture domestique États-Unis 20e siècle.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture domestique Dessins et plans.
Architecture.
Architecture, Domestic.
Casas (Arquitetura)
United States.

Form/genre:

Designs and plans.
Writings.
Architectural drawings.
History.

Added entries:

C. Donald Cook Frank Lloyd Wright Collection

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 153069
Call No.: NA44.W949.A72 1954b
Status: Available