The Wright Experience: A Master Architect's Vision - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1887354646 ISBN 13 : 9781887354646

Editeur : Saraband, 2011

Synopsis

Frank Lloyd Wright was the most significant architect of the modern era, way ahead of his time in proposing a truly organic architecture. He re-imagined domestic, commercial, sacred and cultural spaces, pushing the boundaries of engineering, until solid walls dissolved into art glass, roofs appeared to float, enclosed rooms gave way to open-plan living, and buildings became sculptural works of art. This major retrospective is published for the 50th anniversary of his death. It features an introduction by Margo Stipe of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and spectacular photographs, floor plans, renderings and a reference timeline that covers all 500+ built works.

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Revue de presse

This is an ideal book to introduce the work of one of the 20th century s great masters to a new generation and rekindle the amazement of long-standing Frank Lloyd Wright admirers. The Wright Experience is what it says: richly illustrated in colour with the photographs of Balthazar Korab, on pages large enough for the reader to enter the world of this master architect. It features a timeline to prepare the reader for a sweep through the major works, from the early days in Oak Park, to the final works. Edited by Sara Hunt with an introduction by Margo Stipe of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, we get a clear and comprehensive view of the progression of works, supported by redrawn plans of many of the buildings that usefully key to the photographs and, for good measure, reproductions of some of the master s great drawings. --Prof David Porter, Head of Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art

'THERE is more beauty in a fine ground plan than in almost any of its ultimate consequences.' Frank Lloyd Wright believed in following through from first principles, and we're only now, perhaps, realising how far he was ahead of his time; just starting to apprehend his ideas of the 'organic' and of 'integrity' in architecture. Wright would have appreciated the flair with which the landmarks of his career are presented here, and still more the seriousness with which they are considered. A stunningly illustrated, utterly absorbing book about a fascinating figure who transcends his age and the field of architecture. --Books in Brief : The Scotsman, 1 November 2008

See The Wright Experience video, featuring Kathryn Smith and Roland Reisley. Film by XtraLarge Recordings. http://youtube.com/?v=ErZX3xz62XE --Saraband

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Saraband
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1887354646
• ISBN 13: 9781887354646
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Éditeur: Hunt Sara
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible