Robert McCarter

Fallingwater, the Villa Mairea and the Eames House – by Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto and Charles and Ray Eames respectively – represent pinnacles of modern residential design. Fallingwater is one of Wright’s most inventive houses, showing him to be an architect of immense creativity and daring. Aalto drew on a deep understanding of vernacular building, classicism and modernism, and on a love of natural materials, to create the humane, rich and lyrical Villa Mairea. Charles and Ray Eames’ own house was assembled entirely from standardized industrial components composed with a sensitive irregularity. Together, these buildings represent the responses of some of the world’s most respected architects to the problems of...

Издательство: Phaidon
Дата выхода: март 2002

Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the great masters in the history of modern architecture. His career spanned over sixty years, and his unique stylistic invention kept ahead of any passing fashion. This definitive monograph provides an unparalleled account of Wright’s career. It explores the key themes in Wright’s work, and presents the consistent qualities that underlie all of his designs. The themes of space and the spatial experience of the user are thus examined, together with a discussion of construction and Wright’s search for what he termed the ‘nature of materials’. The relationship between Wright’s architecture and landscape is also investigated. The book includes an extensive selection of archival drawings and...

Издательство: Phaidon
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple, Barnsdall House and Johnson Wax Administration Building and Research Tower are flagship designs in American architectural history. These three buildings provide an insight into the versatility and breadth of Wright’s career as a whole, and into his aptitude for designing in three entirely different fields of architecture: office, residential and church design.

Издательство: Phaidon
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999