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PBS DVD goldStorrer, William Alli
Summary: At the celebration dinner for the completion of the manuscript for The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog, dean of architectural historians Henry-Russell Hitchcock pointedly told me that Frank Lloyd Wright would drive him through the streets of Evanston, River Forest and Oak Park, and Hyde Park, and would point to a building and often say, "I did that, but nobody will ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Winewright Media 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720.92 STOWright, Frank Lloyd
Contents: Frank Lloyd Wright and the evolution of the living city / David G. De Long -- Buildings for communal work / Jack Quinan -- Buildings for commerce / Jack Quinan -- Buildings for worship / Richard Joncas -- Buildings for learning / Richard Joncas -- Buildings for the arts / Richard Joncas --Buildings for recreation / J. Michael Desmond -- Buildings for the community / Jack Quinan -- Buildings for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vitra Design Museum 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 720.92 WRISecrest, Meryle.
Summary: Meryle Secrest's Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography focuses on Wright's family history, personal adventures, and colorful friends and family. Secrest had unprecedented access to an archive of over one hundred thousand of Wright's letters, photographs, drawings, and books. She also interviewed surviving devotees, students, and relatives. The result is an explicit portrait of both the genius...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD SECStorrer, William Allin
Summary: From sprawling houses to compact bungalows and from world-famous museums to a still-working gas station, Frank Lloyd Wright's designs can be found in nearly every corner of the country. While the renowned architect passed away more than fifty years ago, researchers and enthusiasts are still uncovering structures that should be attributed to him. William Allin Storrer is one of the experts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720.92 STOAguar, Charles E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712 AguarRosenstock, Barb
Summary: Details the life of Frank Lloyd Wright, a young boy from the prairie, who introduced organic architecture, a style he created based on the relationship between buildings and the natural world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720.924 WRIStorrer, William Allin
Summary: Early on, Frank Lloyd Wright knew he would be an architect. His overriding goal was to create a Democratic American Architecture. But first he had to create an American Architecture. Born in Bear Valley, Wisconsin, raised in nearby Richland Center, he spent time in Massachusetts before settling in central Wisconsin. His architectural career began in Chicago, ended in Arizona. He created Prairie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WineWright Media 2015
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Summary: Though having achieved considerable fame, by 1909 Frank Lloyd Wright recognized the failure of Prairie architecture. He went to Europe and produced the Wasmuth Portfolio, his celebration of and epitaph to the Prairie School. Frank Lloyd Wright: Designing Democratic Architecture is about the ascension from Prairie to Usonian, Wright's Democratic American architecture, and its fulfillment of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WineWright Media 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Shows all ten religious structures designed by Wright: Unity Temple in Oak Park, Ill., Pettit Chapel in Belvidere, Ill., Pfeiffer Chapel and Danforth Chapel in Lakeland, Fla., Community Christian Church in Kansas City, Mo., Unitarian Meeting House in Madison, Wis., Beth Shalom Synagogue in Elkins Park, Pa., Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatos, Wis., Pilgrim Congregational Church in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reel Shop Productions 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SACDrennan, William R.
Summary: The least understood event of Frank Lloyd Wright's life involves the brutal murders in 1914 of seven adults and children dear to the architect and the destruction by fire of Taliesin, his landmark Wisconsin residence. The details of that shocking crime have been largely ignored by Wright's legion of biographers--a gap finally addressed here. In response to the scandal of his open affair with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Terrace Books 2007
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Summary: "A little boy who loves to find shapes in nature grows up to be one of America's greatest architects, Frank Lloyd Wright"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 748.5913 HEIGuerrero, Pedro E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pomegranate Artbooks 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720 GUESommer, Robin Langley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sweek Water Press 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 720.92 SOMMaddex, Diane.
Summary: "Wright-Sized Houses: Frank Lloyd Wright's Solutions for Making Small Houses Feel Big is the first book to feature the small houses of this world-renowned architect. It presents a wealth of ideas for how to build or redesign a home to make it feel far more spacious and restful than a larger house.Diane Maddex outlines dozens of Wright's principles for making less seem like more: roofs that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 2003