How To Think Like Frank Lloyd Wright

Author : Catherine Teegarden
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781941367476

Get Book

How to Think Like Frank Lloyd Wright by Catherine Teegarden Pdf

This amazing book offers a fascinating look into Frank Lloyd Wright's creative process--and offers simple suggestions and activities for unleashing your own imagination Frank Lloyd Wright looked to nature for inspiration. "Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you," he famously said. It is "necessary to learn from trees, flowers, shells--objects which contain truths of form following function." How to Think Like Frank Lloyd Wright takes these lessons to heart, transforming this notion into practical exercises that empower you to create original patterns, designs, drawings, structures, and more. Using items found in nature--such as leaves, insects, seashells--and looking at Wright's own sketches, abstractions, and finished works, this book offers a template for aspiring artists and architects to emulate his creative process. Projects such as designing a stained glass window to sketching houses for different habitats, to creating graphics inspired by nature will encourage artists to look at the world in a whole new way This unique exploration of some of Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous works--and the methodology behind them--is part history, part guided sketch book, and most importantly, the perfect tool to spark the imagination of the next generation of visionaries.

Author : Bruce LaFontaine
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486293629

Get Book

Famous Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright by Bruce LaFontaine Pdf

For coloring book enthusiasts and architecture students — 44 finely detailed renderings of Wright home and studio, Unity Temple, Guggenheim Museum, Robie House, Imperial Hotel, more.

Author : K.L. Going
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781442478282

Get Book

The Shape of the World by K.L. Going Pdf

A little boy who loves to find shapes in nature grows up to be one of America’s greatest architects in this inspiring biography of Frank Lloyd Wright. When Frank Lloyd Wright was a baby, his mother dreamed that he would become a great architect. She gave him blocks to play with and he learned that shapes are made up of many other shapes. As he grew up, he loved finding shapes in nature. Wright went on to study architecture and create buildings that were one with the natural world around them. He became known as one of the greatest American architects of all time.

Author : Mudpuppy
Publisher : Mudpuppy
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0735352178

Get Book

I Heart Architecture with Frank Lloyd Wright by Mudpuppy Pdf

A new addition to Mudpuppy's successful "I Heart" Activity Book series, I Heart Architecture with Frank Lloyd Wright Activity Book is an exciting collaboration with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. This 64 page activity book is filled with guided activities based on Frank Lloyd Wright's buildings, window designs, furniture, and more. Draw, color, and design works of your very own! - 64 full-color pages - Trim: 7 x 8.75" (17.8 x 22 cm) - Ages 6+

Author : John Lloyd Wright
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780486140629

Get Book

My Father, Frank Lloyd Wright by John Lloyd Wright Pdf

Charming memoir, by his son, of Wright as genius, father, and family man. The book also includes the complete text of William C. Gannet's The House Beautiful, a work designed by Wright. 10 halftones.

Author : Frank Lloyd Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Architecture
ISBN : OCLC:3493828

Get Book

Frank Lloyd Wright on Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright Pdf

Author : Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781613744772

Get Book

Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids by Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen Pdf

An engaging, kid-friendly exploration of America's leading architect and his work This revised and updated edition of a longstanding classic, Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids, details the life, times, and work of the celebrated architect. Through simple, kid-friendly prose and anecdotes, author Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen describes the influences of Wright's Wisconsin childhood filled with nature, music, and close family ties; his struggles to find work as a young architect; the unique style that led him to the top of his profession; and masterpieces such as the Robie House, Hollyhock House, Fallingwater, the Guggenheim, and many others. Also discussed are Wright's sometimes controversial private and public life and the people and times that influenced him and vice-versa, with new sidebars on topics such as the Chicago and Bauhaus schools of architecture, Friedrich Froebel and his toy blocks that enchanted Wright as a child, and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Budding architects will delve into architectural and design concepts while having fun through 21 hands-on projects, such as creating an edible model of Fallingwater, making a miniature Japanese kite, reading an architectural plan, and much more. A time line, glossary, bibliography, and list of houses to visit are also included.

Author : Nicholas D. Hayes
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780299331801

Get Book

Frank Lloyd Wright's Forgotten House by Nicholas D. Hayes Pdf

Frank Lloyd Wright's foray into affordable housing--the American System-Built Homes--is frequently overlooked. When Nicholas and Angela Hayes became stewards of one of them, they began to unearth evidence that revealed a one-hundred-year-old fiasco fueled by competing ambitions and conflicting visions that eventually gave way to Wright's most creative period.

Author : Paul Laseau,James Tice
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1991-12-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0471288837

Get Book

Frank Lloyd Wright by Paul Laseau,James Tice Pdf

Despite the renewed interest in Frank Lloyd Wright and the increasing body of literature that has illuminated his career, the deeper meaning of his architecture continues to be elusive. His own writings are often interesting commentaries but tend not to enlighten us as to his design methodology, and it is difficult to make the connection between his stated philosophy and his actual designs. This book is a refreshing account that evaluates Wright’s contribution on the basis of his architectural form, its animating principle and consequent meaning. Wright’s architecture, not his persona, is the primary focus of this investigation. This study presents a comprehensive overview of Wright’s work in a comparative analytical format. Wright’s major building types have been identified to enable the reader to pursue a more systematic understanding of his work. The conceptual and experiential order of each building group is demonstrated visually with specially developed analytical illustrations. These drawings offer vital insights into Wright’s exploration of form and underscore the connection between form and principle. The implications of Wright’s work for architecture in general serves as an important underlying theme throughout. This volume also integrates the research of several noted scholars to clarify the interaction of theory and practice in Wright’s work, as well as the role of formal order in architectural experience in general. By seeing how Wright integrates his intuitive and intellectual grasp of design, the reader will build a keen awareness of the rational and coherent basis of his architecture and its symbiotic relationship with emotional, qualitative reality. A graphic taxonomy of plans of Wright’s building designs helps the reader focus on specific subjects. Among the diverse areas covered are sources and influences of Wright’s work, domestic themes and variations, public buildings and skyscraper designs, and the influence of site on design. Complete with a chronology of the master architect’s work, Frank Lloyd Wright: Between Principle and Form is an important reference for students, architects and architectural historians.

Author : Edgar Tafel
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780486144337

Get Book

Years with Frank Lloyd Wright by Edgar Tafel Pdf

Insightful memoir by former apprentice presents a revealing portrait of Wright the man, the inspired teacher, the architect.

Author : Barry Bergdoll,Jennifer Gray
Publisher : Moma
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Architecture, American
ISBN : 1633450260

Get Book

Frank Lloyd Wright by Barry Bergdoll,Jennifer Gray Pdf

Published in conjunction with a major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, this catalogue reveals new perspectives on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, a designer so prolific and familiar as to nearly preclude critical reexamination. Structured as a series of inquiries into the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives, the book is a collection of scholarly explorations rather than an attempt to construct a master narrative. Each chapter centers on a key object from the archive that an invited author has "unpacked"-interpreting and contextualizing it, tracing its meanings and connections, and juxtaposing it with other works from the archive, from MoMA, or from outside collections. The publication aims to open up Wright's work to questions, interrogations, and debates, and to highlight interpretations by contemporary scholars, both established Wright experts and others considering this iconic figure from new and illuminating perspectives.

Author : Nancy Horan
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345502254

Get Book

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan Pdf

I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright. Four years earlier, in 1903, Mamah and her husband, Edwin, had commissioned the renowned architect to design a new home for them. During the construction of the house, a powerful attraction developed between Mamah and Frank, and in time the lovers, each married with children, embarked on a course that would shock Chicago society and forever change their lives. In this ambitious debut novel, fact and fiction blend together brilliantly. While scholars have largely relegated Mamah to a footnote in the life of America’s greatest architect, author Nancy Horan gives full weight to their dramatic love story and illuminates Cheney’s profound influence on Wright. Drawing on years of research, Horan weaves little-known facts into a compelling narrative, vividly portraying the conflicts and struggles of a woman forced to choose between the roles of mother, wife, lover, and intellectual. Horan’s Mamah is a woman seeking to find her own place, her own creative calling in the world. Mamah’s is an unforgettable journey marked by choices that reshape her notions of love and responsibility, leading inexorably ultimately lead to this novel’s stunning conclusion. Elegantly written and remarkably rich in detail, Loving Frank is a fitting tribute to a courageous woman, a national icon, and their timeless love story. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Nancy Horan's Under the Wide and Starry Sky. Advance praise for Loving Frank: “Loving Frank is one of those novels that takes over your life. It’s mesmerizing and fascinating–filled with complex characters, deep passions, tactile descriptions of astonishing architecture, and the colorful immediacy of daily life a hundred years ago–all gathered into a story that unfolds with riveting urgency.” –Lauren Belfer, author of City of Light “This graceful, assured first novel tells the remarkable story of the long-lived affair between Frank Lloyd Wright, a passionate and impossible figure, and Mamah Cheney, a married woman whom Wright beguiled and led beyond the restraint of convention. It is engrossing, provocative reading.” ——Scott Turow “It takes great courage to write a novel about historical people, and in particular to give voice to someone as mythic as Frank Lloyd Wright. This beautifully written novel about Mamah Cheney and Frank Lloyd Wright’s love affair is vivid and intelligent, unsentimental and compassionate.” ——Jane Hamilton “I admire this novel, adore this novel, for so many reasons: The intelligence and lyricism of the prose. The attention to period detail. The epic proportions of this most fascinating love story. Mamah Cheney has been in my head and heart and soul since reading this book; I doubt she’ ll ever leave.” –Elizabeth Berg

Author : Dale Allen Gyure
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813059228

Get Book

Frank Lloyd Wright's Florida Southern College by Dale Allen Gyure Pdf

Florida Southern College in Lakeland boasts the largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. With eleven buildings planned and designed by Wright, the campus forms a rich tableau for examining the architect's philosophy and design practice. In this fully illustrated volume, Dale Allen Gyure tells the engaging story of the ambitious project from beginning to end. The college's dynamic president, Ludd M. Spivey, wanted the grounds and buildings redesigned to embody a modern and distinctly American expression of Protestant theology. Informed by Spivey's vision, his own early educational experience, and his architectural philosophy, Wright conceived the "Child of the Sun" complex. Much like Thomas Jefferson's famous plan for the University of Virginia, the academic village that Wright designed for Florida Southern College expresses a dramatic and personal statement about education in a democratic society. Little studied to date, this significant campus and its history are finally given the attention they deserve in this fascinating volume.

Author : Patricia Geis
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1616895934

Get Book

Frank Lloyd Wright by Patricia Geis Pdf

The life and work of visionary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright launches our new activity book series, Meet the Architect!, an expansion of our Meet the Artist! series. Flaps, cutouts, and pull tabs, take readers on a fascinating journey through Wright's famous works — the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Fallingwater, and Taliesin, among others — and the materials and techniques he used to create them. This hands-on introduction will inspire budding architects from ages eight to eighty.

Author : Frank Lloyd Wright
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780486132341

Get Book

Drawings and Plans of Frank Lloyd Wright by Frank Lloyd Wright Pdf

Complete Wasmuth drawings, reproduced from a rare 1910 edition, feature Wright's early experiments in organic design. Includes 100 plates of public and private buildings from Oak Park period, plus Wright's Introduction and annotations.