This illustrated volume of designs by the visionary American architect Ferank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) focuses on his unique ability to integrate structure and settings in way that responded to the client's needs, the nature of the site, and the social changes that evolved over his seventy-year career. Wright defined space as "the invisible fountain from which all rhythms flow and through which they must pass." In support of Wright's statement, the book includes manyof the architect's best-known works- from the Chicago landmark Robie House and its suburban Oak Park's Unity Temple to Fallingwater, in Mill Run, Pennsylvania. Glossary, Bibliography, Index. Illus., color photographs. 256p.
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This illustrated volume of designs by the visionary American architect Ferank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) focuses on his unique ability to integrate structure and settings in way that responded to the client's needs, the nature of the site, and the social changes that evolved over his seventy-year career. Wright defined space as "the invisible fountain from which all rhythms flow and through which they must pass." In support of Wright's statement, the book includes manyof the architect's best-known works- from the Chicago landmark Robie House and its suburban Oak Park's Unity Temple to Fallingwater, in Mill Run, Pennsylvania. Glossary, Bibliography, Index. Illus., color photographs. 256p.