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The future of architecture
352 pages
A challenging, visionary reflection on a lifetime of design, blending controversial lectures with the foundational concepts of organic architecture.
What it feels like
Reading this collection feels like sitting in the audience of a masterclass delivered by a twentieth-century visionary. The pace is steady and contemplative, anchored by a blend of conversational reflections and formal, sometimes controversial, lectures. It carries an authoritative, intellectual mood, inviting the reader to grapple with the foundational concepts of organic architecture directly from the mind that championed them. The prose shifts between the intimacy of a recorded conversation and the challenging, didactic tone of his earlier academic addresses in Princeton, Chicago, and London. Accompanied by visual highlights of his buildings, this book will delight architecture enthusiasts and students of design who crave a direct, unvarnished look into the aims, ideas, and artistic legacy of a master builder.
- Mood
- intellectual
- contemplative
- inspiring
- Tone
- authoritative
- visionary
- challenging
- reflective
- didactic
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- organic architecture · artistic legacy · creative vision · the evolution of design
- The writing
- Lecturing and conversational, blending philosophical definitions with controversial, prophetic assertions.
- The arc
- Moves from a reflective assessment of a lifetime's work to a challenging, visionary outlook on the future of design.
- Who it's for
- Architecture enthusiasts and students of design who want to hear directly from a twentieth-century master about his foundational concepts.
About the book
Rear cover notes: "The prophetic vision of one man, Frank Lloyd Wright, dominates the world of architecture in the twentieth century. In this challenging volume the master architect looks back over his career and explains his aims, his ideas, his art. The book begins with the widely discussed 'Conversation' (1953). Mr. Wright's assessment of his work is accompanied by and highlighted with photographs of his buildings in an illustrated text which brings his concepts of an organic architecture vividly alive. THE FUTURE OF ARCHITECTURE also includes some of Frank Lloyd Wright's most controversial papers: The Princeton Lectures (1930), The Chicago Art Institute Lectures (1931), The London Lectures (1939). Here, too, is a definition of the Language of Organic Architecture as the architect has employed it throughout a lifetime of work."
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