An American Architecture

Smyth-sewn casebound with jacket, 8 3/8 x 11 1/2 in., 269 pp. Nearly 300 black-and-white and color illustrations Text: English. Edited by Edgar Kaufmann As revolutionary as the structures themselves are the theories that governed Frank Lloyd Wright's approach to architecture. In this celebrated, highly readable volume, first published in 1955, Wright elucidated his guiding principles in an evocative joining of text and image. Drawing on his formal and informal writings, lectures, and talks, each of nine sections concentrates on a major aspect of Wright's work - and includes chapters grouped under such provocative headings as 'Architecture Presents Man'; 'Obstacles and Protests'; and 'Out of the Ground into the Light'. There is also a wide selection of case studies, in which Wright discusses some important works to further illustrate the principles underlying organic architecture. Complementing the text are more that 250 architectural plans, drawings, and photographs, as well as thirty-two pages of color renderins from the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona. An enduring tribute, this book offers fresh inside into the methods and thoughts of a master without equal.