Frank Lloyd Wright Essential Texts

Name: Frank Lloyd Wright Essential Texts
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ISBN: 9780393732610

ISBN-10: 0393732614

ISBN-13: 9780393732610

Edition: 2008

Authors: Robert C. Twombly

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The most influential, provocative, and enduring writings of the American master are gathered in this anthology. Twenty-one carefully chosen selections from Frank Lloyd Wright's extensive literary output span the important period between 1900 and the late 1930s, when the architect exerted a powerful influence on the developing modern movement. A concise biography, explanatory headnotes, and a short annotated bibliography make this an ideal introduction for students. 25 illustrations.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/16/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.20" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction: "Truth Against the World"



The Architect (1900)



The Art and Craft of the Machine (1901)



The New Larkin Administration Building (1906)



In the Cause of Architecture (1908)



Ethics of Ornament (1909)



Studies and Executed Buildings (1910)



The Japanese Print: An Interpretation (1912)



In the Cause of Architecture: Second Paper (1914)



The American System of House Building (1916)



In the Cause of Architecture: The New Imperial Hotel, Tokio, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect (1923)



Louis Sullivan (1924)



Louis Henry Sullivan: Beloved Master



Louis Sullivan-His Work


Illustrations



The International Style (1928-32)



"Towards a New Architecture" (1928)



The Logic of Contemporary Architecture as an Expression of This Age (1930)



For All May Raise the Flowers Now for All Have Got the Seed (1932)



Of Thee I Sing (1932)



Broadacre City: A New Community Plan (1935)



The Usonian House (1932-38)



The House of the Future (1932)



The House of Moderate Cost (1938)



To the Blackbourns (1938)



Acceptance Speech of Frank Lloyd Wright (1949)


For Further Reading


Index