Building a Legacy: The Restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park Home and Studio

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The foreword by Frank Lloyd Wright’s grandson is a nostalgic and warm introduction to the absorbing account of the restoration. Every chapter takes the reader step-by-step through the fourteen-year project; the history of Every building is amply illustrated with photographs of both the people and places. Biographical sketches and floor plans clearly delineate the changes to the original structures.

Chapters describing the fund-raising efforts, and the detailed planning that accompanied the restoration, bring to life the improbable dedication, time, and attention to detail from both volunteers and professionals that went into this massive project. The main chapters–the restoration of the Home and of the Studio–are fascinating accounts of what was once uncovered from the original buildings, the innovations Wright had used over time of his work at the place, and how the restoration was once accomplished.

Throughout beautiful, full-color photographs reveal the depth of Wright’s design acumen and the intensive labor lovingly lavished at the Home and Studio, even as historic photographs and asides present compelling information. Wright’s granddaughter, in the Afterword, reminds us the entire continuing need to give protection to Wright’s message that “design matters.” This book is a fitting tribute to his dictum. Published with The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Believe.

160 pages, 118 full-color and 65 black-and-white photographs, and 10 floor-plan reproductions. Paperbound book, with flaps. Size: 8 x 11.5″,

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