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Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie HouseThe Illustrated Story of an Architectural Mas…
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Donald Hoffmann

Frank Lloyd Wright firmly believed that "life could be formed anew if new form could be brought to its setting, architecture." His revolt against customary architectural design was shared by rugged individualist Fred C. Robie, who chose Wright to build his dream house in 1908 a structure that was eventually named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In this painstakingly researched and illuminatin…

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9780486140261
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1 online resource (112 pages)
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock HouseThe Illustrated Story of an Architectural…
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Donald Hoffmann

At the behest of oil heiress Aline Barnsdall, the twentieth century's greatest architect created one of his most imaginative and controversial residential designs. Built in Hollywood in 192021, Hollyhock House attests to the genius of Frank Lloyd Wright and was eventually designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. This splendid home and its construction are documented here in more than 120 ill…

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9780486144351
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana HouseThe Illustrated Story of an Architectural Mast…
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Donald Hoffmann

"Mr. Hoffmann's magisterial command of the vast Wright literature is matched by his gift for placing the architect in the broader cultural crosscurrents of his time long a respected Wright authority, [he is in] the very forefront of his peers."The New York Times Built in Springfield, Illinois, in 190204 for socialite Susan Lawrence Dana, the lavish home known as the Dana House was designed for…

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9780486139227
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Understanding Frank Lloyd Wright's Architecture
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Donald Hoffmann

"May be the best book on Wright ever written, with the exception of the master's own incomparable autobiography." New York Times Book Review Despite the vast literature about Frank Lloyd Wright, noted Wright scholar Donald Hoffmann contends that observations about Wright commonly fail to reach any understanding of his art and few commentaries deal with the principles of his architecture. What …

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9780486135779
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