Main entry:

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.

Title & Author:

The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright : Critical Writings on Architecture / Frank Lloyd Wright ; edited by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer.

Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008.

Description:

vi, 453 pages : illustrations, plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[Table of Contents] -- Introduction / Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer -- PART I: -- 1901: -- The Art and Craft of the Machine -- 1908: -- In the Cause of Architecture -- 1910: -- Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe von Frank Lloyd Wright -- 1912: -- The Japanese Print: An Interpretation -- 1924: -- Louis Henry Sullivan: His Work -- 1925: -- In the Cause of Architecture: The Third Dimension -- 1927: -- In the Cause of Architecture I: The Architect and the Machine -- In the Cause of Architecture II: Standardization, the Soul of the Machine -- In the Cause of Architecture III: Steel -- In the Cause of Architecture IV: Fabrication and Imagination -- In the Cause of Architecture V: The New World -- 1928: -- In the Cause of Architecture I: The Logic of the Plan -- In the Cause of Architecture II: What "Styles" Mean to the Architect -- In the Cause of Architecture III: The Meaning of Materials - Stone -- In the Cause of Architecture IV: The Meaning of Materials - Wood -- In the Cause of Architecture V: The Meaning of Materials - the Kiln -- In the Cause of Architecture VI: The Meaning of Materials - Glass -- In the Cause of Architecture VII: The Meaning of Materials - Concrete -- In the Cause of Architecture VIII: Sheet Metal and a Modern Instance -- In the Cause of Architecture IX: The Terms -- PART II: -- 1931: -- Modern Architecture, Being the Kahn Lectures (Princeton) -- Two Lectures on Architecture (Art Institute of Chicago) -- 1932: -- The Disappearing City -- 1937: -- Architecture and Modern Life: Some Aspects of the Past and Present of Architecture -- 1938: -- "The Architectural Forum" -- PART III: -- 1954: -- The Natural House -- 1957: -- A Testament -- Index.
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Summary:

"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 every conceivable aspect of his craft. Wright was perhaps the most influential and inspired architect of the twentieth century, and this is the only book that gathers all of his most significant essays, lectures, and articles on architecture. Bruce Pfeiffer includes each piece in its entirety to present the architect's writings as he originally intended them. Beginning early in Wright's career with "The Art and Craft of the Machine" in 1901, the book follows major themes through The Disappearing City, The Natural House, and many other writings, and ends with A Testament in 1957, published two years before his death. This volume is beautifully illustrated with original drawings and photographs and is complemented by Pfeiffer's general introduction, which provides history and context. The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright is a must-have resource for architects and scholars and a delight for general readers." -- Dust Jacket.

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ISBN:

9780691133188 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0691133182 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780691146324 (pbk.)
0691146322 (pbk.)

Subject:

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Criticism and interpretation.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959
Wright, Frank Lloyd.
Architecture, Modern Philosophy.
Architektur
Architekturkritik
Architekturtheorie
Arkitektur.
Architecture

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, editor.
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255588
Call No.: BIB 185817
Status: Available