Product Description

This volume contains a collection of the key essays on and by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), one of the most influential and prolific architects of the 20th century. The individual essays focus on specific aspects of Wright's work, analyzing buildings and projects in order to explain the general principles of Wright's much-debated design methods. Included are previously published contributions from well-known historians and Wright scholars such as Kenneth Frampton, Colin Rowe, and Gwendolyn Wright, as well as new commentary from the book's editor, Robert McCarter, an acknowledged Wright expert and author of Phaidon's Frank Lloyd Wright monograph. Overall, this volume brings together in one place decades of important scholarship on key architectural principles, making it an essential reader for students of architecture.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #859578 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 372 pages

About the Author
Robert McCarter is a practising architect and Professor at the University of Florida, where he was Director of the School of Architecture from 1991-2001. He has written for numerous international publications and is author of the comprehensive monograph Frank Lloyd Wright as well as Unity Temple and Fallingwater in the Architecture in Detail series, and Louis Kahn all by Phaidon Press, and William Morgan: Selected and Recent Work 1961-2001. Author's Residence: Newberry, Florida

Customer Reviews

An excellent book about Frank LLoyd Wright's architecture!
"On and By Frank Lloyd Wright, A primer of Architectural Principles," is the most insightful book I have read about Frank LLoyd Wright's architecture. It is well researched and well written. I enjoyed reading it and did not want it to end. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in architecture, design or Frank LLoyd Wright himself.