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Architects Fiction Architects United States Biography Architecture United States History 20th century Borthwick, Mamah Bouton 1869-1914 Fiction Prairie school (Architecture) Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959 Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959 Criticism and interpretation Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959 Fiction Wright, Frank Lloyd 1867-1959 Relations with women Fiction Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959Storrer, 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 STOHeinz, Thomas A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books, Inc. 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 720.973 HEIHoward, Hugh
Summary: "In architectural terms, the twentieth century can be largely summed up with two names: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson. Wright (1867-1959) began it with his romantic prairie style; Johnson (1906-2005) brought down the curtain with his spare postmodernist experiments. Between them, they built some of the most admired and discussed buildings in American history. Differing radically in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 HOWRosenstock, 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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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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 DREStorrer, William Allin
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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Summary: In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD BALStorrer, 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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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 WRISummary: 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 SACSmith, Kathryn
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 720.92 SMIStorrer, 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 STOGoing, K. L. (Kelly L.)
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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Summary: Recounts the life of Frank Lloyd Wright as told through the experiences of the four women who loved him: the Montenegrin beauty Olgivanna Milanoff; the passionate Southern belle Maud Miriam Noel; the spirited Mamah Cheney, tragically killed; and his young first wife, Kitty Tobin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOYGannett, William C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pomegranate Artbooks 1996
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 747.21 GANSecrest, 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 SECSommer, 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 SOMHoran, Nancy.
Summary: Fact and fiction blend in a historical novel that chronicles the relationship between seminal architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney, from their meeting, when they were each married to another, to the clandestine affair that shocked Chicago society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HORHoran, Nancy.
Summary: Fact and fiction blend in a historical novel that chronicles the relationship between seminal architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney, from their meeting, when they were each married to another, to the clandestine affair that shocked Chicago society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION HoranContents: Some flowers for architect Frank Lloyd Wright: introduction / by H. Th. Wijdeveld -- In the cause of architecture / by Frank Lloyd Wright (March 1908) -- In the cause of architecture / by Frank Lloyd Wright (May 1914) -- In the cause of architecture / by Frank Lloyd Wright (1925) -- The social background of Frank Lloyd Wright / by Lewis Mumford -- Frank Lloyd Wright / by H.P. Berlage -- The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bramhall House 1965
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 720 WORBoyle, T. Coraghessan.
Summary: Using Frank Lloyd Wright as his muse, T.C. Boyle presents a novel based on the great American architect and the four distinct women that permeated his life, career, and heart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BOYCostantino, Maria.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble 1995
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 720.924 COSKaufmann, Edgar
Summary: Pages [91]-[94] printed on folded leaves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press 1986