Description
Book SynopsisA complete biography based on a wide range of previously untapped primary sources, covering Wrighta s private life, architecture, and role in American society, culture, and politics. Views Wrighta s buildings as biographical as well as social statements, analyzing his work by type, category, and individual structure.
Table of ContentsNearly Everything to Learn 1867-1893.
The Art and Craft of Success 1893-1901.
A Radically Different Conception 19O1-1909.
Thinking and Working Along Original Lines 1901-1909.
Affinity Tangle 1907-1912.
Spiritual Hegira 1910-1914.
A Regular Life Is Cunningly Ambushed 1914-1932.
Little Experiment Stations in Out of the Way Places1932-1938.
Usonia: Shelter in the Open 1936-1947.
Characteristically Modest Projects 1936-1945.
Organic Architecture 1930-1959.
The Boldest Buildings of His Career 1946-1959.
A Giant Tree in a Wide Landscape 1946-1959.
How Do You Speak to a Divinity?
After 1959.
Appendix.
Bibliography.
Index.
