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Burninator · 03-03-2009, 12:37 PM

For my eleventh pick of the draft, I select in the Picture-book / Coffee Table book category, Frank Lloyd Wright The Houses, by Alan Hess and Alan Weintraub.

2005

Frank Lloyd Wright is not only synonymous with architecture, his name is also synonymous with the American house in the twentieth century. In particular, his residential work has been the subject of continuing interest and controversy. Wright's Fallingwater (1935), the seminal masterpiece perched over a waterfall deep in the Pennsylvania highlands, is perhaps the best-known private house in the history of the world. In fact, Wright's houses-from his Prairie style Robie House (1906) in Chicago, to the Storer (1923) and Freeman (1923) houses in Los Angeles, and Taliesen West (1937) in the Arizona desert-are all touchstones of modern architecture. For the first time, all 289 extant houses are shown here in exquisite color photographs. Along with Weintraub's stunning photos and a selection of floor plans and archival images, the book includes text and essays by several leading Wright scholars. Frank Lloyd Wright: The Houses is an event of great importance and a major contribution to the literature on this titan of modern architecture.

http://www.amazon.com/Frank-Lloyd-Wr...6108439&sr=8-3

A book about arguably the most famous architect ever. The pictures are amazing, the descriptions of the houses are nice to read. The book is huge. I haven't gone through the whole thing yet, but eventually I will. I am in the business so it's interesting to look in detail at such a great architects work.

03-03-2009, 12:37 PM	#655
Burninator Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Exp:	For my eleventh pick of the draft, I select in the Picture-book / Coffee Table book category, Frank Lloyd Wright The Houses, by Alan Hess and Alan Weintraub. 2005 Frank Lloyd Wright is not only synonymous with architecture, his name is also synonymous with the American house in the twentieth century. In particular, his residential work has been the subject of continuing interest and controversy. Wright's Fallingwater (1935), the seminal masterpiece perched over a waterfall deep in the Pennsylvania highlands, is perhaps the best-known private house in the history of the world. In fact, Wright's houses-from his Prairie style Robie House (1906) in Chicago, to the Storer (1923) and Freeman (1923) houses in Los Angeles, and Taliesen West (1937) in the Arizona desert-are all touchstones of modern architecture. For the first time, all 289 extant houses are shown here in exquisite color photographs. Along with Weintraub's stunning photos and a selection of floor plans and archival images, the book includes text and essays by several leading Wright scholars. Frank Lloyd Wright: The Houses is an event of great importance and a major contribution to the literature on this titan of modern architecture. http://www.amazon.com/Frank-Lloyd-Wr...6108439&sr=8-3 A book about arguably the most famous architect ever. The pictures are amazing, the descriptions of the houses are nice to read. The book is huge. I haven't gone through the whole thing yet, but eventually I will. I am in the business so it's interesting to look in detail at such a great architects work.