Product Description

The Frank Lloyd Wright Field Guide provides the first complete visitors' guide to all of Wright's buildings in the United States and around the world. This new, single-volume edition is written and compiled by architect and Frank Lloyd Wright expert Thomas A. Heinz, AIA. In a highly readable and informative style, Heinz presents each building page by page, providing brief histories and background details, information on accessibility and viewing, and driving directions. Every entry is accompanied by a photograph and location map. Buildings are arranged geographically. A cross-referenced index enables each building to be easily accessed by location or client or building name.

" Complete listing of nearly 500 buildings worldwide
" Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates given for each building
" Easy-to-read, easy-to-carry, lightweight
" Comprehensive volume which combines a completely new eastern region section with updated sections from the original, three-volume field guides

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #566783 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 528 pages

About the Author
Thomas A. Heinz is a Chicago-based architect, photographer, and writer. He practices architecture throughout the United States. His company, Heinz & Co. manufactures furniture reproductions of Frank Lloyd Wright designs. Heinz is the author of numerous articles and books on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, including Frank Lloyd Wright Glass Art (Academy Editions, 1994), and The Vision of Frank Lloyd Wright (MIT Press, 1982). He lives in Mettawa (Libertyville), Illinois.

Customer Reviews

Not your typical Wright book
This is not your typical Wright book filled with beautiful pictures for your coffee table. This is a Field Guide for the Wright aficionado who wants to see the buildings "in the flesh." It is meant to be kept in the glove compartment of your car or as a permanent part of your luggage. Maybe you should get one for both places. The star ratings indicate not only the quality of the design but also how well you can see the house from the street without treading on private property. In other words... it helps you decide if the trip to this site is worth your time and effort. The photos are generally of what you can see from the street, so that you will know you are in the Wright place! The descriptions that accompany each site are not just about the building, but usually more about the owners and their occupations and connections to other Wright clients or interesting people. You will not be able to find this historical information elsewhere. Other sites that will be of interest to the purchasers of this book are ones associated with Wright, like the Auditorium by Adler & Sullivan in downtown Chicago and some buildings that were built after Mr. Wright's death based on archived drawings. When the second edition comes out it should have a spiral binding.

Excellent Value For Money
If excellent value for money is your primary purchase standard, then consider the difference between the old edition in four separate books @ $40 each vs. the new edition of all four books in one volume @ $40. Buy it on Amazon, and the good deal gets even better!
This is no mere reprint of four-volumes-in-one; it's a revised edition of the best field guides to Frank Lloyd Wright. Its maps show you how to get to the buildings and, of even more practical value, its star rating gives you an idea what you can see without being arrested for trespassing. In other words, it's difficult to see some of the FLW gems from the road.
Its hard to believe that the FLW field, which has been so intensively plowed for so many years by so many people, can still yield nuggets of information. Thomas A. Heinz, who has devoted his life to photographing Frank Lloyd Wright and researching his client network, digs deeper and sifts the dirt finer than anyone else. That's why his revised field guide is leavened with delightful nuggets of information about the people who populated the world of Frank Lloyd Wright you won't find elsewhere.
For example: If you read page 282, you will discover that L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wizard of Oz, produced a rare book he printed and bound with his own hands which used as endpapers the leftover wall paper from FLW's Chauncey Williams House.
Even if you never hit the road in search of Frank Lloyd Wright, your arm-chair travels will be pleasantly rewarded with this Field Guide. If you can get out and about, this is the one book you need to take with you.

Great book for its intended purpose
The real value of this book is the detailed locational information, GPS coordinates, and information on how one can see the structures without tresspassing. If you are looking for historical info or pretty pictures, this isn't the book. But if you want to see as many of Wright's buildings as possible when traveling this book is the one to have so you don't waste your time travelling to places where the structures are completely off limits. Fantastic.