Truth Against the World: Frank Lloyd Wright Speaks for an Organic Architecture

Wright, Frank Lloyd

ISBN 10: 0471144274 / ISBN 13: 9780471144274

Verlag: Wiley, 1992

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This single-volume collection of Franklin Lloyd Wright's most important speeches presents an intriguing portrait of the celebrated architect as a public speaker. Divided into nine sections arranged by theme and subject matter, this comprehensive collection includes topics ranging from Wright's philosophy of education to his view of democracy to his Broadacre City project. Illustrated with over 300 photographs.

Von der hinteren Coverseite: Truth Against the World offers a singular portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright the master architect, and perhaps America s most famous architect, as public speaker. It was a role Wright often disdained but which he also obviously enjoyed. Including thoughtful analysis with introductions by editor Patrick J. Meehan, AIA, Truth Against the World provides the first comprehensive, single–volume collection of Wright s most important speeches during his 70–year career to diverse audiences high school and college students, architects, engineers, business executives, and society matrons. Topics covered by the 32 presentations include Wright s thoughts on Beaux Arts architecture and the Columbian World Exposition of 1893, organic architecture, prefabricated housing, hospital design, the use of the machine in design, and contemporary society, among many others.

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Titel: Truth Against the World: Frank Lloyd Wright ...
Verlag: Wiley
Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket