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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | 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. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Alan Hess | | Hardcover: | 544 pages | | Publisher: | Rizzoli | | Publication Date: | November 01, 2005 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0847827364 | | Product Length: | 11.3 inches | | Product Width: | 2.0 inches | | Product Height: | 11.3 inches | | Product Weight: | 7.56 pounds | | Package Length: | 11.34 inches | | Package Width: | 11.34 inches | | Package Height: | 2.05 inches | | Package Weight: | 8.42 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 26 reviews |
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79 of 80 found the following review helpful:
 Dynamite Wright Dec 16, 2005
By A. McDonald
This book will send Wright fans into a tizzy, it's that wonderful. The authors have assembled a collection of the complete Frank Lloyd Wright houses that remain (a sadly dwindling number), and the Weintraub photographs are simply amazing. There are some good essays but the photographs are really the heart of the book.
The images are immense (the book feels like 300 lbs on your lap) and stunning. It is after all the experience of the physical visit to see the spatial and visual detail of Wright's houses that is so exciting, and these photographs are a great substitute for a visit. They are very palpable. They have a keen sense in demonstrating the interplay of natural light within the Wright interiors and a good sense for the dynamic qualities of his spaces.
For someone familiar with Wright's more obscure houses by looking at little grainy black and white images, these photos are simply a revelation.
An essential book for any fan of Wright's architecture.
42 of 44 found the following review helpful:
Best Wright House Photos! Dec 17, 2005
By Bruce Guisti
"thinker49"
I honestly do not know how many Wright books I have(40-50?). There are better photos of one house like Fallingwater in specific books devoted to one house, but that being said, this is the best book of photos of Wright Houses, particularly Usonian houses that I have ever seen. It is simply stunning. Even the site photographs are magnificent. When you compare the houses that have been moved from their original site(Pope-Leighy, Gordon)to those that have not it makes the genius of Wright even more amazing.
If you are a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright, do not miss this!!
34 of 36 found the following review helpful:
Must have for Wright fans Apr 13, 2006
By M. Hughes
If you have already read the other reviews you know how good this book is. I wish they had this available when I first started getting interested in Frank Lloyd Wright back in college. All they had then were the dingy, dark, older pictures that really didn't convey just how great some of Mr. Wright's houses were. These new pictures really show how much genius he had in design. What is even more apparant when you see some of these new pictures is just how much mastery he had for setting up a home with natural light. Simply put, if you have the money and are even a casual fan, you should just treat yourself and get the book.
22 of 23 found the following review helpful:
 Grand in concept, uneven in execution Jan 08, 2007
By Michael S. McGill
This book has more plusses than minuses, but it is organized in an odd way and many of the pictures are less than perfect. Ironically, for a coffee table picture book, its essays are its most outstanding feature. Alan Hess provides an introduction to each chapter, but his overview and comparisons among the houses of each period would greatly benefit from moving some of the pictures from the back into the text itself. Each chapter ends with a guest essay, all of which are very insightful, but most of which do not really limit themselves to the chapter just covered. While the reader can overcome these problems by flipping back and forth in the book, that is not easy given its great heft!
The pictures pose a number of issues. Most of the interior shots are in the same golden hue, suggesting the use of the same filter or of a specific kind of lighting. Some pictures focus on so limited an area that, for instance, a gorgeous stained glass ceiling is omitted. Others are of relatively mundane bedrooms and bathrooms. Pictures are included of additions to the houses by Wright apprentices, while really interesting Wright-designed features of some houses are not pictured at all. An example of this is the omission of any photo of the marvelous kitchen in a cairn in the Hagan House. Finally, numerous exterior shots were taken when the facades were in shadow.
The photographer can certainly do better than this, as demonstrated in the book he did with the author on John Lautner. And Rizzoli can as well for Wright, as demonstrated in Masterworks.
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Almost As Good As Being There Mar 31, 2007
By JAD
This is a necessary book for all who study architecture. Why? Because the photography conveys something close to the reality of Mr. Wright's works, especially so when it comes to the interiors.
When I was studying architecture in college in the 1970s, the BEST photography books about Wright's oeuvre were "In the Nature of Materials" and the very expensive Wendingen Edition. Both are presented in black and white and while that kind of pared-down quality may have suited the age in which the International Style was still in its ascendancy, it did nothing whatsoever to convey the true sense of a Wright space--specifically interior space. The intimately human scale of these spaces was missed.
And color is so much a part of Wright's aesthetic, and without it, one is in dreary Kansas instead of Oz.
Living in the northeast, it was not possible to see many Wright buildings first hand, until that trip to Chicago... and then what a revelation! These spaces were not cold grays but marvels of ochres and greens and wood tones and conveyed so much more serenity than those older photos could suggest.
Happily, future years placed me in conjunction with many of the Midwestern buildings, and a day trip could take me to Wisconsin or Michigan or other less-frequently visited residential and commercial works by F L W. Friendships with original Wright clients or owners of Wright houses opened other doors--I have experienced about one third of the places in this book, so--trust me--the photos do them justice and are almost as good as being there.
I would guess that anyone who has been in these places will tell you that this book gives a very fine representation of these spaces. And thankfully, more and more of these spaces are open on a regular or annual basis for the student or admirer of Wright to visit. Some residences are even now B&Bs. Wow!
The fine articles that accompany the photographs are also most helpful and enjoyable.
If you find this review helpful you might want to read some of my other reviews, including those on subjects ranging from biography to architecture, as well as religion and fiction.
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