This is the first book devoted to Frank Lloyd Wright's designs for
remaking the modern city. Stunningly comprehensive, The Urbanism of
Frank Lloyd Wright presents a radically new interpretation of the
architect's work and offers new and important perspectives on the
history of modernism. Neil Levine places Wright's projects,
produced over more than fifty years, within their historical,
cultural, and physical contexts, while relating them to the theory
and practice of urbanism as it evolved over the twentieth century.
Levine overturns the conventional view of Wright as an architect
who deplored the city and whose urban vision was limited to a
utopian plan for a network of agrarian communities he called
Broadacre City. Rather, Levine reveals Wright's larger, more
varied, interesting, and complex urbanism, demonstrated across the
span of his lengthy career. Beginning with Wright's plans from the
late 1890s through the early 1910s for reforming residential urban
neighborhoods, mainly in Chicago, and continuing through projects
from the 1920s through the 1950s for commercial, mixed-use, civic,
and cultural centers for Chicago, Madison, Washington, Pittsburgh,
and Baghdad, Levine demonstrates Wright's place among the leading
contributors to the creation of the modern city. Wright's often
spectacular designs are shown to be those of an innovative
precursor and creative participant in the world of ideas that
shaped the modern metropolis. Lavishly illustrated with drawings,
plans, maps, and photographs, this book features the first
extensive new photography of materials from the Frank Lloyd Wright
Foundation Archives. The Urbanism of Frank Lloyd Wright will serve
as one of the most important books on the architect for years to
come.
General
Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2015 |
First published: |
2015 |
Authors: |
Neil Levine
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Dimensions: |
279 x 229 x 43mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Trade binding
|
Pages: |
464 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-16753-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
Individual architects
|
LSN: |
0-691-16753-2 |
Barcode: |
9780691167534 |
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