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Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright

Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright

by Brendan Gill

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, this is a personal biography of the great architect, full of anecdotes and little known tidbits about his personality and somewhat tumultuous life. (GEN195, $25.00)

Frank Lloyd Wright's House on Kentuck Knob

by David Hoffman

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 112 PAGES

An account of the design and history of Wright's house of Kentuck Knob in Southwestern Pennsylvania. It includes 50 photographs, drawings and site diagrams. (USE132, $18.95)

Fallingwater Rising: Frank Lloyd Wright, E.J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House

Fallingwater Rising: Frank Lloyd Wright, E.J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House

by Franklin Toker

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

A comprehensive account of the Wright's celebrated modernist house, following the masterpiece from idea to reality, and its influence on the direction of 20th-century architecture. (USE323, $28.95)

 

Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright's Romance with Nature


by Lynda S. Waggoner

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER
  • 80 PAGES

A handsome, illustrated overview of Lloyd Wright's most famous house, with pictures from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. (USE117, $18.95)

Frank Lloyd Wright


by Robert McCarter

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

A comprehensive study of Frank Lloyd Wright's many architectural accomplishments. McCarter's insightful commentary will aid in understanding Wright's work. (USE113, $49.95)

Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography


by Meryle Secrest

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 634 PAGES

A selection of Wright's letters, photographs, drawings and books. The primary sources include interviews from those who worked and lived with the difficult architectural genius. (USE114, $23.00)

Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life and His Architecture


by Robert C. Twombly

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 456 PAGES

A biography analyzing Wright's work in relationship to his personal life and political views. (GEN196, $55.00)

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