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Denne omfattende monografi om den berømte arkitekt fra det tyvende århundrede, Frank Lloyd Wright, udforsker i detaljer både hans store arkitektoniske værker og mange af hans mindre projekter. Robert McCarter analyserer Wrights arbejde kronologisk og undersøger hver bygnings rumlige oplevelse, materiale og tektoniske karakter samt forholdet til landskabet.

Nu i en fuldstændig revideret og opdateret ny udgave, denne definitive beretning om den moderne mesters liv og værk indeholder et omfattende udvalg af arkivtegninger, specialfotograferede billeder, nydesignede planer og detaljerede tegninger samt en komplet liste over Wrights bygninger og projekter, udarbejdet af Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Forfatter

Robert McCarter

Forlag

Phaidon

Format

Hardcover

Sider

456

Størrelse

12,5 x 10 tommer

ISBN

9781838668723

Om forfatteren

Robert McCarter

Robert McCarter er en praktiserende arkitekt og har siden 2007 været Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture ved Washington University i St. Louis.

Han har skrevet for adskillige internationale publikationer, og hans bøger inkluderer: Louis I Kahn (2022/2005); Place Matters: The Architecture of W.G. Clark; Grafton Architects (2018); Marcel Breuer (2016); Steven Holl (2015); Alvar Aalto (2014); Carlo Scarpa (2013); og Understanding Architecture, skrevet sammen med Juhani Pallasmaa (2012); og, alle udgivet af Phaidon Press.

Han har også udgivet The Work of MacKayLyons Sweetapple Architects: Economy as Ethic (2017); The Space Within: Interior Experience as the Origin of Architecture (2016); Herman Hertzberger (2015); og Aldo van Eyck (2015), blandt andre bøger.

Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 3 reviews)

Thomas ★★★★★

McCarter digs into the smaller houses and unbuilt projects just as carefully as the famous ones, which is rare for a book like this. The photos and floor plans are printed large enough that you can actually study the details instead of squinting. It's a heavy brick of a book, but that's exactly what

Joseph E. ★★★★★

I've been flipping through this every night since it arrived—the way it balances Wright's famous houses with his lesser-known sketches is exactly what I wanted. McCarter's writing makes even the technical bits feel approachable.

Daniel L. ★★★★★

The depth of detail in this monograph is fantastic — I spent an hour just on the early Prairie houses. Robert McCarter’s analysis really brings Wright’s lesser-known projects to life. A must-have for architecture enthusiasts.

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