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Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings: Masterworks from the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives

By: Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer Frank Lloyd Wright
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
ISBN: 0810917734
ISBN-13: 9780810917736
Released: 31 Dec 1990
RRP: £75.00
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Magnificent art - By: Kurt Messick, 10 Jan 2006
That Frank Lloyd Wright was an artist is of course no surprise -- however, we often forget that, as an architect, he had to have quite an eye & ability for drawing. To be able to commit an idea down on paper is the first, & sometimes most crucial step, in designing a project, particularly when one has to convince another party to pay for it.

This book by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, who began as an apprentice with Wright at Talesin West, & directs the FLW archives at the FLW Foundation, is a masterpiece of the artistic design of Frank Lloyd Wright. It has more than 300 illustrations, nearly half of those in full-colour plates, in a wide-page format that makes this a great gift book, coffee-table book, & guide for those serious in the arts. An expert with the craft of draftsmanship as well as creative with flair for the artistic/aesthetic side of his buildings & concepts, these images show an astonishing range through the 300 concept pieces, plans, elevations & perspectives contained herein.

Pfeiffer puts these drawings into different categories:
- Residential Designs
- Religious Structures
- High-Rise Buildings
- Civic & Cultural Centers
- Hotels, Inns & Resorts
- Commercial & Educational Buildings
- Architecture & Engineering
- The Imperial Hotel
- Graphic & Decorative Designs

There are fold-out pages, such as the pages that show Wright's concept for the Mile-High Cantilever Sky-City; such designs are unlikely in today's terrorism-conscious culture. Some projects were never completed, such as this, but others, such as Falllingwater & the Imperial Hotel, were completed. Pfeiffer explores the pictures with history, concept, & Wright's own personal ideas included.

A wonderful book!

Amazing !!!! - By: , 08 May 1999
When I first saw the FalllingWater House, I saw that FLW was reallly an special person. This book shows us that alll his masterpieces were just a clue of what he was able to do, of the buildings he could create. In FLW Drawings, you can see many perspectives representing his newest toughts & ideas, & proving that he reallly would have changed the world of architecture if God had givven him 30 years more (as he used to say). article: João Paulo Salgueiro