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Frank Lloyd Wright : the heroic years, 1920-1932 /

By:

Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Enfield : Rizzoli ; Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2009Description: 239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 x 31 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780847831746
0847831744

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

720.92 22

LOC classification:

NA737.W7 P44 2009

Summary: From the jacket - "Frank Lloyd Wright's wife, Olgivanna, famously said of her husband, that he 'Seemed to thrive on hardship.' From the years 1920 to 1932 Wright's fortunes were at a low ebb; he was plagued by financial, personal, and professional setbacks, but saw the time as one of challenges instead of defeat. unable to actually build much, his imagination led him to visionary, often quite splendid, conceptions of what architecture could be, laying the groundwork for much of the revolutionary architecture he would build in the decades to follow. During this period he designed almost fifty project, of which only a few were built, but those few are seen today as among his most important creations. They include the majestic Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, the four exquisite textured concrete block houses as well as the elegant hilltop Hollyhock House in Los Angeles, renovations and additions to his beloved home, Taliesin, in Wisconsin, the Octillo Desert Camp in Chandler, Arizona, and his work ad design consultant for the lavish Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Cottages in the desert in Phoenix. Rare and unseen photos as well as little known drawings from this period are on lavish display in this important work on the master architect. "

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Carleton University, AVRC	Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot	Open-stacks	NA737.W7 P44 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		16055001338

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