Download or read book On Frank Lloyd Wright s Concrete Adobe written by Donald Leslie Johnson and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides a unique, in-depth and critical analysis of Wright's concrete block houses, set within their historical, biographical and theoretical contexts. In particular, it shows the full impact upon Wright of his contemporaries, architects Irving Gill and Rudolph Schindler. In doing so, it allows a full appreciation of Wright's, Gill's and Schindler's buildings beyond their architectonic and experiential qualities.
Download or read book On Frank Lloyd Wright s Concrete Adobe written by Donald Leslie Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the years 1919 into 1925 Frank Lloyd Wright worked on four houses and a kindergarten located in metropolitan Los Angeles using concrete blocks as the main building material. The construction system has been described by Wright and others as ’uniquely molded’, ’woven like a textile fabric’ and perceived as ground breaking, truly modern, unprecedented. Many have attempted to uphold these claims while some thought the house-designs borrowed from old exotic buildings. For the first time this book brings together Wright’s declarations, the support of upholders and inferences in order to determine their accuracy and correctness, or the possibility of feigned or fictional stories. It examines technical developments of concrete blocks by Wright and others before his experiences in Los Angeles began in 1919. It also studies the manner of Wright’s design process by an examination of relevant pictorial and textual documents. A unique, in-depth and critical analysis of the houses is set within historical, biographical and theoretical contexts. Consequently, the book explains the impact upon Wright of California contemporaries, architects Irving Gill and Rudolph Schindler, and their instrumentally profound role upon the course of modernism 1907-1923. In doing so, it allows a full appreciation of Wright’s, Gill’s and Schindler’s buildings beyond their experiential qualities.
Download or read book The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright in Concrete Block written by National Concrete Masonry Association and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Frank Lloyd Wright and Concrete Construction at the Guggenheim Museum written by Dale S. Flynt and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright written by William Allin Storrer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2002-04-15 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the many books available on Wright, William Allin Storrer's classic - now fully revised and updated - remains the only authoritative guide to all of Wright's built work.".
Download or read book Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings written by Paul Graham McHenry and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1984 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Frank Lloyd Wright rebel in concrete written by Aylesa Forsee and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Californian Textile Block written by Abby Moor and published by Promotional Reprint Company Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1917 to 1924 Frank Lloyd Wright spent much of his time in California, and there created a small number of buildings that remain classics of American architecture. Using a groundbreaking building process, which he called his "textile block system" these buildings were constructed with precast concrete blocks, molded with decoration on both sides and inset with glass to allow light to filter through in interesting patterns. The prototype was one of Wright's most famous buildings, "Hollyhock House," influenced by ancient Mayan design and built for heiress Aline Barnsdall in the Hollywood Hills. In these colorful pages, visit the Hollyhock along with some of Wright's most distinctive textile block structures, including the Ennis, Millard, Freeman, and Storer houses, as well as the controversial Arizona Biltmore Hotel. Rich illustrations and an insightful text showcase an American original at his creative best.
Download or read book The Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright written by Lisa D. Schrenk and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-04-05 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1898 and 1909, Frank Lloyd Wright’s residential studio in the idyllic Chicago suburb of Oak Park served as a nontraditional work setting as he matured into a leader in his field and formulized his iconic design ideology. Here, architectural historian Lisa D. Schrenk breaks the myth of Wright as the lone genius and reveals new insights into his early career. With a rich narrative voice and meticulous detail, Schrenk tracks the practice’s evolution: addressing how the studio fit into the Chicago-area design scene; identifying other architects working there and their contributions; and exploring how the suburban setting and the nearby presence of Wright’s family influenced office life. Built as an addition to his 1889 shingle-style home, Wright’s studio was a core site for the ideological development of the prairie house, one of the first truly American forms of residential architecture. Schrenk documents the educational atmosphere of Wright’s office in the context of his developing design ideology, revealing three phases as he transitioned from colleague to leader. This heavily illustrated book includes a detailed discussion of the physical changes Wright made to the building and how they informed his architectural thinking and educational practices. Schrenk also addresses the later transformations of the building, including into an art center in the 1930s, its restoration in the 1970s and 80s, and its current use as a historic house museum. Based on significant original and archival research, including interviews with Wright’s family and others involved in the studio and 180 images, The Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright offers the first comprehensive look at the early independent office of one of the world’s most influential architects.
Download or read book Frank Lloyd Wright written by Dixie Legler and published by . This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated book examines 23 buildings, providing analysis of the design as well as discussion of the construction and notes on the history of the building.
Download or read book Frank Lloyd Wright The Early Years Progressivism Aesthetics Cities written by Donald Leslie Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Lloyd Wright : The Early Years : Progressivism : Aesthetics : Cities examines Wright's belief that all aspects of human life must embrace and celebrate an aesthetic experience that would thereby lead to necessary social reforms. Inherent in the theory was a belief that reform of nineteenth-century gluttony should include a contemporary interpretation of its material presence, its bulk and space, its architectural landscape. This book analyzes Wright's innovative, profound theory of architecture that drew upon geometry and notions of pure design and the indigenous as put into practice. It outlines the design methodology that he applied to domestic and non-domestic buildings and presents reasons for the recognition of two Wright Styles and a Wright School. The book also studies how his design method was applied to city planning and implications of historical and theoretical contexts of the period that surely influenced all of Wright's community and city planning.
Download or read book Frank Lloyd Wright s Houses written by Thomas A. Heinz and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text celebrates the best of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture and design. The subjects have been photographed by the author, Thomas A. Heinz, who is an expert on Wright and his work.
Download or read book Frank Lloyd Wright written by and published by Gibbs Smith Publishers. This book was released on 1994 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portfolio of Frank Lloyd Wright's buildings in the Chicago area, featuring Prairie style architecture.
Download or read book Frank Lloyd Wright written by House Beautiful and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Frank Lloyd Wright written by Diane Maddex and published by Pavilion Books, Limited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book "opens the doors into one hundred of the architect's most revered buildings spanning the seven decades of his career. This innovative book features Wright's own homes and studios as well as his earliest houses, his popular Prairie-style residences, his daring designs from the 1920s and the 1930s, his Usonian houses created at midcentury, and his public buildings from offices to religious structures to shops." - book jacket.
Download or read book Slow Travels California and Nevada written by Lyn Wilkerson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-08-30 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition in the Slow Travels series is an update of our California guide, now combined with Nevada into one. Much of the text is edited from the American Guide Series of the 1930’s and 40’s, with updated historical information, improved directions, and material from additional sources. All locations have been verified using GPS coordinates, as well as from satellite imagery and first hand knowledge. The California section explores current U.S. 50 and 395, as well as the former routes of U.S. 40, 60, and 99 which are no longer designated as such. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Diego are explored along these routes. The Nevada section follows U.S. Highways 6 and 50 east to west across the state, and U.S. 93 and 95 north to south. In addition, the former route of U.S. 40 is retraced along the Humboldt River, the route of emigrants along the California Trail from Utah and Idaho.All routes include reference maps and GPS coordinates for all listed sites.
Download or read book Frank Lloyd Wright and the Meaning of Materials written by Terry L. Patterson and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1994-09-16 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Each material has its own message ." -- Frank Lloyd Wright, Architectural Record, (April/1928), copyright 1975 by McGraw-Hill, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the publisher. "Bring out the nature of the materials, let their nature intimately into your scheme." -- Frank Lloyd Wright, Architectural Record, (March, 1908), copyright 1975 by McGraw-Hill, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the publisher. "Form and function thus become one in design and execution if the nature of materials and method and purpose are all in unison." -- Frank Lloyd Wright, An Authobiography. 1932. Revised, 1943. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Copyright by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Courtesy The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
