Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater : American architecture in the Depression era /

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater explores the relationship between the economic tumult in the United States in the 1930s, Frank Lloyd Wright and the construction of his most famous house, Fallingwater. The book reinterprets the history of this iconic building, recognizing it as a Depression-er...

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Main Author: Zipf, Catherine W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, [2021]
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Summary:Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater explores the relationship between the economic tumult in the United States in the 1930s, Frank Lloyd Wright and the construction of his most famous house, Fallingwater. The book reinterprets the history of this iconic building, recognizing it as a Depression-era monument that stands as a testimony to what an American architect could achieve with the right site, client and circumstance, even in desperate economic circumstances. Using newly available resources, author Catherine W. Zipf examines Wright's work before and after Fallingwater to show how it was influenced by the economic climate, public architectural projects of the Great Depression and America's changing relationship with Modernist style and technology. Including over fifty black and white images, this book will be of great interest to students, historians and researchers of art, architecture and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Physical Description:ix, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-187) and index.
ISBN:9781138644342
113864434X
9781138644359
1138644358