The definitive publication on America's greatest architect
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is widely considered to be the
greatest American architect of all time; indeed, his work virtually
ushered in the modern era and remains highly influential today. His
wide-ranging and paradigm-shifting oeuvre is the subject of
TASCHEN's three-volume monograph that covers all of his designs
(numbering approximately 1100), both realized and unrealized.
Made in cooperation with the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives in
Taliesin, Arizona, this collection leaves no stone unturned in
examining and paying tribute to Wright's life and work. From his
early Prairie Houses (typified by the Robie House) to the Usonian
concept home and progressive "living architecture" buildings to
late projects like the spiral Guggenheim Museum in New York and the
development of his fantastic vision of a better tomorrow via his
concept of the "living city," all of the phases of Wright's career
are painstakingly described and illustrated herein.
Author and preeminent Wright expert Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer
highlights the latest research and gives fresh insight into the
work, providing new dating for many of the plans and houses. A
plethora of personalphotos gives readers a feeling of what it was
like to work in Frank Lloyd Wright's fellowship, traveling each
spring from Taliesin West to the old Taliesin complex in Wisconsin
and returning the next fall to spend the winter in sunny Arizona
again.
This volume, Volume 1, covers the early Chicago years and the
Prairie Houses, the period which provoked a profound influence on
European architects. Wright's architectural work during these early
years was mostly residential, as it would be throughout his career,
and from his earliest work, Frank Lloyd Wright demonstrated a
knowledge of and respect for natural materials.
In the ten years betweeen 1896 and 1906 he developed and perfected
the so-called "prairie house." Wright believed the architect should
have complete charge of architectural design, and for him this
meant interior furnishings as well as exterior landscape. He was
not often given this freedom, but the 1908 AveryCoonley residence
in Riverside, Illinois is one of the finest examples. With the
administration building for the Larkin Soap Company (1903-1905) and
the Unity Temple (1905) he could realize bigger commissions. In
1910 he worked on his famous publication "Ausgefuhrte Bauten und
Entwurfe" for the German publisher Wasmuth, which brought his ideas
to a worldwide recognition.
The personal tragedy of 1914 brought a shadow over his successful,
but struggled life: A servant at Taliesin had set fire to the
residence and murdered his mistress Mamah, her two children, a
draftsman, and three workmen. But this could not stop Wright on his
permanent search for a new architecture.
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