Wright (Basic Art Series 2.0)

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That’s Wright! 
One of the greatest pioneers within the history of architecture
 
Acclaimed as the “father of skyscrapers”, the quintessentially American icon Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) was once an architect of aspiration. He believed in giving cultivated American life its fitting architectural similar and applied his idealism to structures around the continent, from suburban homes to churches, offices, skyscrapers, and the celebrated Guggenheim Museum.

Wright’s work is distinguished by its harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he known as organic architecture, and which found its paradigm at Fallingwater, a house in rural Pennsylvania, cited by the American Institute of Architects as “the most productive all-time work of American architecture”. Wright also made a particular mark with his use of industrial materials, and by the simple L or T plan of his Prairie House which became a model for rural architecture across America. Wright was once also continuously involved in some of the interior elements of his buildings, such as the furniture and stained glass, paying particular attention to the balance between individual needs and community activity.

Exploring Wright’s aspirations to augment American society through architecture, this book offers a concise introduction to his at once technological and Romantic response to the practical challenges of middle-class Americans.

 
About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Architecture Series features:

  • an introduction to the life and work of the architect
  • the major works in chronological order
  • information about the clients, architectural preconditions in addition to construction problems and resolutions
  • a list of the entire selected works and a map indicating the locations of the most productive and most famous buildings
  • approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)

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