Design Monograph: Wright

A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.

The most widely recognized of US architects, Wright designed over 1000 buildings in 70 years. He transformed American architecture and suburban homes with his 'Prairie' style, closely tying his structures into their settings and landscapes in residential designs - most notably in Fallingwater. In this book you will see his both his organic work and his precast concrete forms, as seen in spiral shape of the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

About the author

Naomi Stungo was formerly the deputy editor of the architectural journal Blueprint, editor of World Architecture magazine and the architectural editor of the Observer. In addition to the design monograph titles she wrote New Wood Architecture (Laurence King).

Summary

A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the subject, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.

The most widely recognized of US architects, Wright designed over 1000 buildings in 70 years. He transformed American architecture and suburban homes with his 'Prairie' style, closely tying his structures into their settings and landscapes in residential designs – most notably in Fallingwater. In this book you will see his both his organic work and his precast concrete forms, as seen in spiral shape of the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Foreword

A design monograph series on Frank Lloyd Wright: a historical-critical essay discussing his life and work, followed by an illustrated appreciation of groundbreaking work.

Product details

• Authors: Naomi Stungo, Stungo Naomi
• Publisher: Headline Book
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2024
• EAN: 9781838611996
• ISBN: 978-1-83861-199-6
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 182 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 291 g
• Illustrations: Over 80 photographs and illustrations
• Series: Design Monograph
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / General, Memoirs, ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), Residential buildings, domestic buildings, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Architecture: residential and domestic buildings, Individual architects and architectural firms, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs