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Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ada Louise Huxtable
SeriesPenguin Lives
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 129
Category/GenreTheory of architecture
Individual architects and architectural firms
ISBN/Barcode 9780143114291
ClassificationsDewey:B
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint Penguin USA
Publication Date 29 April 2008
Publication Country United States

Description

Pulitzer Prize?winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable?s biography of America?s greatest architect Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the way she introduces Wright's masterpieces, from the tranquil Fallingwater to Taliesin, rebuilt after tragedy and murder-not only exploring the mind of the man who drew the blueprints but also delving into the very heart of the medium, which he changed forever.

Author Biography

Ada Louise Huxtable is a Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic. She is the author of several books, including Inventing Reality, Pier Luigi Nervi, and, most recently, The Unreal American. A MacArthur fellow, Huxtable is the architecture critic of The Wall Street Journal and was the architecture critic for The New York Times from 1963 to 1982.

Reviews

? An ideal match: Ada Louise Huxtable, the finest architecture critic the United States has, takes on the willful visionary Wright.? ?"San Francisco Chronicle" ? A pleasure to read . . . insightful and thought provoking.? ?"The New York Times" An ideal match: Ada Louise Huxtable, the finest architecture critic the United States has, takes on the willful visionary Wright. "San Francisco Chronicle" A pleasure to read . . . insightful and thought provoking. "The New York Times" a An ideal match: Ada Louise Huxtable, the finest architecture critic the United States has, takes on the willful visionary Wright.a a"San Francisco Chronicle" a A pleasure to read . . . insightful and thought provoking.a a"The New York Times"