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The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
Neil Levine
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Description for The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
Paperback. Presents a study of the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, beginning with his work in Oak Park in the late 1880s and culminating in the construction of the Guggenheim museum in New York and the Marin County Civic Center in the 1950s. This book provides an introduction to Wright's remarkable accomplishments. Num Pages: 544 pages, 24 color plates. 392 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; AM; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2338.
Neil Levine's study of the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, beginning with his work in Oak Park in the late 1880s and culminating in the construction of the Guggenheim museum in New York and the Marin County Civic Center in the 1950s, if the first comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the architect's entire career since the opening of the Wright Archives over a decade ago. The most celebrated and prolific of modern architects, Wright built more than four hundred buildings and designed at least twice as many more. The characteristic features of his work--the open plan, dynamic space, fragmented volumes, ... Read more
Neil Levine's study of the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, beginning with his work in Oak Park in the late 1880s and culminating in the construction of the Guggenheim museum in New York and the Marin County Civic Center in the 1950s, if the first comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the architect's entire career since the opening of the Wright Archives over a decade ago. The most celebrated and prolific of modern architects, Wright built more than four hundred buildings and designed at least twice as many more. The characteristic features of his work--the open plan, dynamic space, fragmented volumes, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691027456
SKU
V9780691027456
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About Neil Levine
Neil Levine teaches the history of modern architecture at Harvard University, where he is the Emmet Blakeney Gleason Professor of Fine Arts. He has been the Banister Fletcher Professor of Architecture at the University of London and the Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge University. He is on the editorial board of the journal Wright Studies and was on ... Read more
Reviews for The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
Winner of the 1997 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Architecture and Urban Planning, Association of American Publishers One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1996 "Scrupulously researched, elegantly written (with a refreshing lack of jargon), beautifully illustrated and designed ... the book is a feast for eye and mind, challenging assumptions and deepening understanding on almost every page... Wright's ... Read more