Author: Thomas A. Heinz
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This work explores the architecture and design of the Dana House, Illinois. Built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904, the house contains the largest concentration of Wright furnishings in any Wright building or museum.
Dana House - Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Thomas A. Heinz
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This work explores the architecture and design of the Dana House, Illinois. Built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904, the house contains the largest concentration of Wright furnishings in any Wright building or museum.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This work explores the architecture and design of the Dana House, Illinois. Built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904, the house contains the largest concentration of Wright furnishings in any Wright building or museum.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana House
Author: Donald Hoffmann
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486139220
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Handsome pictorial essay documents creation of residential masterpiece with more than 160 interior and exterior photos, plans, elevations, sketches, and studies. Informative text recounts the house's history, including its site, plans, and construction.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486139220
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Handsome pictorial essay documents creation of residential masterpiece with more than 160 interior and exterior photos, plans, elevations, sketches, and studies. Informative text recounts the house's history, including its site, plans, and construction.
The Women
Author: T. Coraghessan Boyle
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780670020416
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
A tale inspired by the life of Frank Lloyd Wright is presented from the perspectives of four very different women who loved him and offers insight into the eminent architect's enduring struggles against conventional boundaries. 75,000 first printing.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780670020416
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
A tale inspired by the life of Frank Lloyd Wright is presented from the perspectives of four very different women who loved him and offers insight into the eminent architect's enduring struggles against conventional boundaries. 75,000 first printing.
Opposites with Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Mudpuppy
Publisher: Mudpuppy Books
ISBN: 9780735354081
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The follow-up to the Mudpuppy board book bestseller My First Shapes With Frank Lloyd Wright, Mudpuppy's Opposites With Frank Lloyd Wright Board Book entertains and introduces children the concept of opposites. Using Wright's famous works, colorful spreads illustrate hard and soft round and pointy, city and nature, and more. - Size: 6.25 x 6.25 x 0.75"
Publisher: Mudpuppy Books
ISBN: 9780735354081
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The follow-up to the Mudpuppy board book bestseller My First Shapes With Frank Lloyd Wright, Mudpuppy's Opposites With Frank Lloyd Wright Board Book entertains and introduces children the concept of opposites. Using Wright's famous works, colorful spreads illustrate hard and soft round and pointy, city and nature, and more. - Size: 6.25 x 6.25 x 0.75"
The Robie House of Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Joseph Connors
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226115429
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The Robie House in Chicago is one of the world's most famous houses, a masterpiece from the end of Frank Lloyd Wright's early period and a classic example of the Prairie House. This book is intended as a companion for the visitor to the house, but it also probes beneath the surface to see how the design took shape in the mind of the architect. Wright's own writings, rare working drawings from the period, and previously unpublished photographs of the house in construction help the reader look over the shoulder of the architect at work. Beautiful new photographs of the Robie House and related Wright houses have been specially taken to illustrate the author's points, and a bibliography on Wright is provided.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226115429
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The Robie House in Chicago is one of the world's most famous houses, a masterpiece from the end of Frank Lloyd Wright's early period and a classic example of the Prairie House. This book is intended as a companion for the visitor to the house, but it also probes beneath the surface to see how the design took shape in the mind of the architect. Wright's own writings, rare working drawings from the period, and previously unpublished photographs of the house in construction help the reader look over the shoulder of the architect at work. Beautiful new photographs of the Robie House and related Wright houses have been specially taken to illustrate the author's points, and a bibliography on Wright is provided.
Susan Lawrence
Author: Roberta Volkmann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781589099609
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
In 1902 Susan Lawrence commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to "remodel" her deceased father's home in Springfield, Illinois. The project grew and became a blonde Roman brick mansion with 35 rooms on 16 different levels. An anomaly in Springfield, the house is a masterpiece that still stands today as one of Wright's finest Prairie designs. Now called the Dana-Thomas House, it is an Illinois State Historic Site that has been visited by thousands. The woman behind the project, Susan Lawrence, lived during a period in history when women were finding their voices and carving out new places in society. As the world changed around her, she assumed several names and played many roles. She entertained lavishly, traveled the world, championed the rights of women and African-Americans, shared her time and money, and led seekers of spiritual truths. With over 50 images, this book captures Susan Lawrence's complex and independent lifestyle that matched the home Frank Lloyd Wright designed for her -- unconventional and dramatic.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781589099609
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
In 1902 Susan Lawrence commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to "remodel" her deceased father's home in Springfield, Illinois. The project grew and became a blonde Roman brick mansion with 35 rooms on 16 different levels. An anomaly in Springfield, the house is a masterpiece that still stands today as one of Wright's finest Prairie designs. Now called the Dana-Thomas House, it is an Illinois State Historic Site that has been visited by thousands. The woman behind the project, Susan Lawrence, lived during a period in history when women were finding their voices and carving out new places in society. As the world changed around her, she assumed several names and played many roles. She entertained lavishly, traveled the world, championed the rights of women and African-Americans, shared her time and money, and led seekers of spiritual truths. With over 50 images, this book captures Susan Lawrence's complex and independent lifestyle that matched the home Frank Lloyd Wright designed for her -- unconventional and dramatic.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House
Author: Donald Hoffmann
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486140261
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Painstakingly researched and illuminating account of the making of the Fred C. Robie home. Revealing family documents, excerpts from a 1958 interview with Fred Robie, and 160 black-and-white illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486140261
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Painstakingly researched and illuminating account of the making of the Fred C. Robie home. Revealing family documents, excerpts from a 1958 interview with Fred Robie, and 160 black-and-white illustrations.
My First Shapes with Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Mudpuppy
Publisher: Mudpuppy Books
ISBN: 9780735351196
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Frank Lloyd Wright used basic geometric shapes as the foundation for his modern architecture. Learn your basic shapes alongside this famous architect with My First Shapes with Frank Lloyd Wright Board Book from Mudpuppy. Each chapter tab focuses on one of three basics shapes: circle, square, or triangle. - Size: 6.25 x 7"
Publisher: Mudpuppy Books
ISBN: 9780735351196
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Frank Lloyd Wright used basic geometric shapes as the foundation for his modern architecture. Learn your basic shapes alongside this famous architect with My First Shapes with Frank Lloyd Wright Board Book from Mudpuppy. Each chapter tab focuses on one of three basics shapes: circle, square, or triangle. - Size: 6.25 x 7"
Famous Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Bruce LaFontaine
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486293622
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
For coloring book enthusiasts and architecture students — 44 finely detailed renderings of Wright home and studio, Unity Temple, Guggenheim Museum, Robie House, Imperial Hotel, more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486293622
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
For coloring book enthusiasts and architecture students — 44 finely detailed renderings of Wright home and studio, Unity Temple, Guggenheim Museum, Robie House, Imperial Hotel, more.
Stained Glass Window Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Dennis Casey
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486295168
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Sixteen full-page designs adapted from windows in Wright buildings: Robie House, Dana House, Coonley Playhouse, many more. Geometrics, florals, etc. Color and hang near light source for glowing stained glass effects.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486295168
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Sixteen full-page designs adapted from windows in Wright buildings: Robie House, Dana House, Coonley Playhouse, many more. Geometrics, florals, etc. Color and hang near light source for glowing stained glass effects.