Wright Sites: A Guide to Frank Lloyd Wright Public Places

by n/a The Frank Lloyd Building Conservancy, Jack Quinan (Introduction), Joe Hoglund (Editor), Joel Hoglund (Editor)

Overview

A comprehensive guide to Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings open to the public—revised and updated.

Features 74 sites you can visit of America's best-known architect of the 20th century — Frank Lloyd Wright's groundbreaking designs, innovative construction techniques, and inviting interiors continue to astound and inspire generations of architects and nonarchitects alike. Wright Sites describes the design ideas and history behind each of Wright's buildings that are open to the public in the United States and four sites in Japan.

Includes suggested destination itineraries for Wright road trips, a list of archives, and a selected bibliography.

Updated to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the architect's birth, this revised edition includes twenty sites newly opened to the public, up to date descriptions and access information, and new color photographs of each site.

The introduction is written by Jack Quinan, a founding member of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy and author of Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781616895778
Publisher:	Chronicle Books
Publication date:	05/02/2017
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	192,282
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Jack Quinan, the introducer, is a founding member of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, a retired professor of art history at SUNY Buffalo, and the author of two books on Wright's work: Frank Lloyd Wright's Buffalo Venture (Pomegranate, 2012) and Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House: Architecture as Portraiture (PAP, 2004).

Joel Hoglund is the Communications and Events Manager of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.

The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to save Wright-designed buildings from destruction and neglect, as well as educate the public about the architect's influential role in American history and culture. Based in Chicago, Wright's adopted city, the conservancy "facilitates the preservation and maintenance of the remaining structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright through education, advocacy, preservation easements, and technical services."

Table of Contents

Foreword Edith K. Payne 7

Preface Joel Hoglund 9

Introduction Jack Quinan 11

Sites in the United States 19

Alabama 20

Arizona 22

Arkansas 26

California 28

Florida 38

Illinois 41

Indiana 66

Iowa 68

Kansas 74

Michigan 78

Minnesota 83

Mississippi 87

Missouri 88

New Hampshire 92

New York 93

Ohio 99

Oklahoma 103

Oregon 105

Pennsylvania 106

Texas 114

Virginia 116

Wisconsin 117

Sites in Japan 137

Inuyama-shi, Aichi 138

Ashiya, Hyogo 139

Tokyo 141

Suggested Itineraries 143

Sites by State with Maps 153

Site Index 156

Archives Directory 158

Selected Bibliography 159

Illustration Credits 160

Editorial Reviews

"With the newest edition of Wright Sites: A Guide to Frank Lloyd Wright Public Places, Joel Hoglund of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy provides the only comprehensive guide to Wright-designed buildings open to the public in the United States and Japan. Though the book is envisioned as a guide, it also illustrates Wright's professional evolution and philosophy of organic architecture, with photographic examples of his differing regional styles as well as Prairie Style and Usonian houses." - SavingPlaces.org (website of the National Trust for Historic Preservation)

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