The product of extended visits to properties associated with Wright, and extensive interviews with surviving colleagues and students, this is the first book in full colour to focus on Wright's four most famous residential landscapes - his first home and studio at Oak Park, Illinois; his magnificent 3,000 acre summer home Taliesin, Wisconsin; his 600-acre winter home Taliesin West, Arizona; and Fallingwater, Pennsylvania, the commission that made him world famous. Featuring an introduction by James Van Sweden, America's ...
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The product of extended visits to properties associated with Wright, and extensive interviews with surviving colleagues and students, this is the first book in full colour to focus on Wright's four most famous residential landscapes - his first home and studio at Oak Park, Illinois; his magnificent 3,000 acre summer home Taliesin, Wisconsin; his 600-acre winter home Taliesin West, Arizona; and Fallingwater, Pennsylvania, the commission that made him world famous. Featuring an introduction by James Van Sweden, America's leading garden designer and landscape architect, this book highlights a revolutionary take on garden design. It also explores the source of Wright's inspiration in Japanese and Mayan landscapes as well as his appreciation of the stone meeting circles and naturalistic prairie plantings of the great landscape architect Jens Jensen. Two final chapters offer planting plans for a prairie-style and a desert-style garden inspired by Wright's designs.
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Fair. HARDCOVER Acceptable-This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. Oversized.
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Fine (-) in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. (UK) 1st printing. Small owership label to corner of end paper, with date in ben, no other markings otherwsie Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 160pp, index, colour photos and drawings. This is the first book in full color to focus on Wright's four most famous residential landscapes: his first home and studio in Oak Park, Illinois; his magnificent 3, 000-acre summer home Taliesin, in Wisconsin; his 600-acre winter home Taliesin West, in Arizona; and Fallingwater, in Pennsylvania, the commission that made him world famous. The product of extended visits to properties associated with Wright, as well as extensive interviews with surviving colleagues and students, the book also explores the Japanese and Mayan landscapes that inspired Wright and his appreciation of the stone meeting circles and naturalistic prairie plantings of the great landscape architect Jens Jensen. Planting plans allow readers to create prairie-and desert-style gardens of their very own. (3.3 JM 0528.
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Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 4to. 159 pps. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.
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Like New. Size: 7x0x9; Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Light edge wear. Clean, unmarked pages. Features Wright's four most famous residential landscapes-his first home and studio at Oak Park, Illinois; his magnificent 3, 000 acre summer home Taliesin, Wisconsin; his 600-acre winter home Taliesin West, Arizona; and Fallingwater, Pennsylvania, the commission that made him world famous. Explores the source of Wright's inspiration in Japanese and Mayan landscapes and his appreciation of the stone meeting circles and naturalistic prairie plantings of the great landscape architect Jens Jensen. Offers planting plans for a prairie-style and a desert-style garden inspired by Wright's designs.
The Gardens of Frank Lloyd Wright is much more than just an attractive coffee table book. The authors give an authoritative, thorough review of some of Wright's most important works and how they relate to their surrounding landscapes. There are multiple views of projects, along with diagrams and details about plantings, and even information on how to visit many of the sites. You will want to really read this informative book, not just glance at it for pretty pictures, although there are plenty of lovely photos.
