[PDF] Frank Lloyd Wrights Usonian Houses eBook

Author : Carla Lind
Publisher : Pomegranate Communications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,9 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Lost architecture
ISBN : 9780764945960

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This redesigned and updated version of the original 1996 edition is the only book that examines comprehensively Frank Lloyd Wright buildings that have been destroyed by natural disasters or human decisions.

Author : Carla Lind
Publisher : Pomegranate
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 17,46 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Architect-designed houses
ISBN : 9781566409988

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One of the architectural challenges for Frank Lloyd Wright was how to provide moderate-cost houses that were as good as expensive ones. His solution was the Usonian house--a term he coined for the United States of North America. With their horizontal floor-plans, open living spaces, walls of windows, carports, and patios, these houses became models for many houses that now cover the American landscape. Here are a dozen examples of Wright's Usonian house.

Author : Roland Reisley
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 32,46 MB
Release : 2001-07-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568982453

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Usonia, New York is the story of a group of idealistic men and women who, following WWII, enlisted Frank Lloyd Wright to design and help them build a cooperative utopian community near Pleasantville, NY. Through both historic memorabilia and contemporary color photos, this book reveals the still-thriving community based on concepts Wright advocated in his Broadacre City proposals. Over the years, thousands of architects, scholars, planners, and students have visited the community, but no book has yet appeared on this remarkable site. Reisley, one of the original members of Usonia (and still a resident), has written the first full account to illuminate the events, problems, and passions of a democratic group of people developing a designed environment an hour from New York City and the ups and downs of working with America's most famous -and most famously volatile-architect.

Author : John Sergeant
Publisher :
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 34,77 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Architecture
ISBN :

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Looks at the last period in Wright's career, reassessing his Usonian houses, his Taliesin working communities, and his plan for Broadacre City.

Author : Alvin Rosenbaum
Publisher : Preservation Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 25,90 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Architecture
ISBN :

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The author's boyhood home in Alabama, one of Wright's Usonian houses, is the point of departure for the narrative, which interweaves intriguing details of Ford's interest in setting up a planned community and, later, of the development of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the single most important regional development in the United States. Just as the Roosevelt administration was putting together its plans for TVA, Wright was imagining an American utopia - Broadacre City - where every family would be guaranteed a lush green acre of land.

Author : Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer
Publisher : Taschen
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,90 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783822827574

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The Wright idea "The interior space itself is the reality of the building." - Frank Lloyd Wright Widely thought to be the greatest American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was a true pioneer, both artistically and technically. At a time when reinforced concrete and steel were considered industrial building materials, Wright boldly made use of them to build private homes. His prairie house concept--that of a low, sprawling home based upon a simple L or T figure--was the driving force behind some of his most famous houses and became a model for rural architecture across America. Wright`s designs for office and public buildings were equally groundbreaking and unique. From Fallingwater to New York`s Guggenheim Museum, his works are among the most famous in the history of architecture. About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture Series features: an introduction to the life and work of the architect the major works in chronological order information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)

Author : Doreen Enrlich
Publisher : PRC Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,68 MB
Release : 2004-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781856487207

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Despite his grand achievements, Frank Lloyd Wright understood the needs of the typical American family. For them he designed the “Usonian Home” and proved that affordability and superb architecture could go hand in hand. With simple supplies and characteristic creativity, Wright devised elegant homes that belied their modest price tag. Take a fascinating tour of the best of these— including the inaugural Jacobs House (1936), which was besieged by visitors, all marveling at its ingenuity. Each was built on the same principles, but differed subtly, depending on the occupants’ lifestyles and local materials.

Author : Doreen Ehrlich
Publisher : PRC Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 35,4 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN :

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Despite his grand achievements, Frank Lloyd Wright understood the needs of the typical American family. For them he designed the "Usonian Home" and proved that affordability and superb architecture could go hand in hand. With simple supplies and characteristic creativity, Wright devised elegant homes that belied their modest price tag. Take a fascinating tour of the best of these--including the inaugural Jacobs House (1936)--all built on the same principles, but subtly differing, depending on the occupants' lifestyles and local materials.