Record details

• ISBN: 0714838543
• ISBN: 9780714838540
• Physical Description: 368 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 29 cm
• Publisher: London : Phaidon, 1999, ©1997.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published: 1997.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-363) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Towards an American architecture -- Tradition and innovation in the early work -- The development of the Prairie House -- The introverted public space -- The extroverted house -- The courtyard dwelling -- The courtyard public space -- The concrete-block house -- The cantilevered tower -- The anchored dwelling -- The inhabited landscape and the disappearing city -- The usonian house -- The sacred space of work -- The sacred space of worship -- The sacred space of art -- Integration and disintegration in the late work.

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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 > Criticism and interpretation.
Architecture > United States > History > 20th century.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Architecture.
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History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.