Usonia, New York Building a Community with Frank Lloyd Wright

Name: Usonia, New York Building a Community with Frank Lloyd Wright
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ISBN: 9781568982458

ISBN-10: 1568982453

ISBN-13: 9781568982458

Edition: 2001

Authors: Roland Reisley, John Timpane

List price: $40.00

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Usonia, New York is the story of a group of idealistic men and women who, following WWII, enlisted Frank Lloyd Wright to design and help them build a cooperative utopian community near Pleasantville, NY. Through both historic memorabilia and contemporary color photos, this book reveals the still-thriving community based on concepts Wright advocated in his Broadacre City proposals. Over the years, thousands of architects, scholars, planners, and students have visited the community, but no book has yet appeared on this remarkable site. Reisley, one of the original members of Usonia (and still a resident), has written the first full account to illuminate the events, problems, and passions of a…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Publication date: 7/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 9.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 2.662
Language: English

Stephen D. Houston, University Professor of Anthropology at Brigham Young University, is the author of "Reading the Past: Maya Glyphs, Hieroglyphs & History at Dos Pilas: Dynastic Politics of the Classic Maya" & coauthor of "Classic Maya Place Names".