Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: The House and Its History (Dover Architecture)
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (617 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486274306 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 116 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The new material has enabled the author, Wright expert Donald Hoffmann, to tell a more comprehensive, vivid, and authentic story. The private dwelling, which juts directly over a waterfall at Bear Run in western Pennsylvania, is the boldest and most personal architectural statement of Wright's mature years.This volume is a total revision—both in text and illustrations—of the standard document of Fallingwater. It documents in special detail Fallingwater's architectural innovations: its cantilevered construction, its ingenious integration with a majestic waterfall, the cascading staircases, organic use of ornament, and the problematic but ultimately triumphant use of reinfo
In every aspect, this carefully researched book offers readers an extremely rare insider's view of how a landmark of American architecture came into being. The private dwelling, which juts directly over a waterfall at Bear Run in western Pennsylvania, is the boldest and most personal architectural statement of Wright's mature years.This volume is a total revision — both in text and illustrations — of the standard document of Fallingwater. Over 100 photographs depict in both panoramic and intimate detail Fallingwater's site, every phase of its construction, and its distinctive interior and exterior detailing. This book is the complete record of the birth, growth, and maturity of an architectural masterpiece. The new material has enabled the author, Wright expert Donald Hoffmann, to tell a more comprehensive, vivid, and authentic story. The superb text tells the story in full, from the earliest notions of the project, through heated confrontations over issues of aesthetics and structure, to its completion. Organic form was Frank Lloyd Wright's credo, and its most splendid embodiment is Fallingwater, designed and built for the Pittsburgh merchant Edgar Kaufmann in the 1930s. "Fascinating." — The New York Times.. With the op
Marty said NO COLOR!. great info, but disappointing as all pictures are black and white.I read the description and it didn't mention the book was only in black and white, and i'm guessing now that is why they don't have the search inside this book option on. BUT, SHAME on me for not reading the reviews where many people have written about the lack of color pictures.I bought this book for my niece to compliment the LEGO Architecture Fallingwater. We thought it would be a great opportunity for our niece to learn.i. Mr. Kaufman Builds His Dream House JAD Forget everything you know about building a house--a dream house--and read this book. If you are a Wright fan, then you will relish every page and delight in knowing about how various aspects of the most famous house in the world came to be built.No doubt you will enjoy knowing that the final work was indeed a collaborative effort between Mr. Wright (who had strong opinions about everything) and Mr. Kaufman who was if anything, one of those ideal clients in the vein of Darwin Martin before him and Hib Johnson soon thereafter. Some of the most celebrated details of the building were Edgar Sr.'s input (i.e. no gold. Donald Mitchell said The Awful Problems of Turning Genius into Reality. This book is one of the best I have seen for describing in detail the challenges of creating one of America's architectural landmarks. Anyone who reads this book will be reminded of Thomas Edison's comment about genius being 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration.Fallingwater came as a commission after one of the longest dry spells of Frank Lloyd Wright's career. Despite having no work to do, no money, and few prospects, Mr. Wright dawdled with the project while trying to sell his client, Edgar Kaufmann, as many other projects as possible. Contemporary accounts suggest that Wright only began sketching