Frank Lloyd Wright: America's Master Architect

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Examining the life of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), arguably America's most celebrated architect, this work explores the grace and beauty found in all facets of Wright's work: from early prairie houses to the giant Midway Gardens, from the Imperial Hotel in Japan to perspective drawings of unbuilt projects, and from theatre curtain designs to office desk and chair sets. The text begins with Wright's apprenticeship to Adler and Sullivan before the turn of the century, moves on to the prairie period, years spent in Japan and California, major designs of the late 1920s and 1930s, his Usonian homes, and finally his later works. The book also includes a look at Wright's prized collection of Asian art.

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"Based on sound scholarship ... set[s] forth Wright's ideas about buildings, people, nature and their interaction... Warm, radiant pictures of his famous interiors will especially appeal to decorators... All the pictures are of the highest quality." -Roanoke Times, 10/18/98

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Kathryn Smith is the author of FLW's Taliesin and Taliesin West (Abrams, 1997) and FLW, Hollyhock House, and Olive Hill: Buildings and Projects for Aline Barnsdall (Rizzoli, 1992). Smith is former professor of architectural history at the Southern California Institute of Architecture.