{"title":"Frank Lloyd Wright","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrank Lloyd Wright\u003c\/strong\u003e (1867-1959) was described in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as, “the greatest American architect of all time”. Some would say he was the most important architect of all time. He was a genius who believed he was destined to redesign the world. Over the course of his long year career, he designed over 800 buildings, including revolutionary structures such as The Guggenheim Museum, Fallingwater, the Johnson Wax Building and Taliesin. Frank’s architectural achievements were often overshadowed by his turbulent private life. In his 92 years he fathered 7 children, married three times and suffered great personal tragedy through a fire and murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in the farming town of Richland Center, Wisconsin, Frank studied civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin but left before finishing his degree. He worked for a short time as a draftsman with the architectural firm of Joseph Lyman Silsbee in Chicago and then took up an apprenticeship with the most prominent firm in town, Adler \u0026amp; Sullivan. Due to Chicago’s Great Fire of 1871 development in the city was plentiful and Frank soon became a star in Louis Sullivan’s office. However, throughout his life Frank spent lavishly beyond his means and after taking on moonlighting jobs to pay for mounting debts he was asked to leave Sullivan’s practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1889 Frank married his first wife Catherine Tobin and moved to the suburb of Oak Park. It was here he built himself a house and studio where he was to live and practice for the next 20 years. It was in Oak Park that Frank developed his famous “Prairie” style of architecture. When asked if he believed in God, Frank said Nature (with a capital N) was his God, that he took his inspiration from Nature and incorporated it into the building rather than using “natural” materials. The Prairie Style was a conceptual response to the flat, horizontal terrain of the mid-western prairie. Key characteristics of this domestic architecture were: shallow, hipped roofs and banded windows that emphasised the horizontal, overhanging eaves extending the building into the landscape and cantilevered overhangs, the first time this engineering was used in domestic design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe building that made Frank world famous was Fallingwater, a very special house in Pennsylvania built over a 30’ waterfall. Designed for the Kaufmann family in 1936, it instantly received worldwide attention when it appeared on the cover of Time-Life Magazine and today it is a National Historic Landmark. The Kaufmanns thought Frank would design their new house with a wonderful view of the falls but instead he built it right on top of the falls as he said he wanted them to live with the waterfalls, to make them part of their everyday life, and not just to look at them now and then! Donated by the family to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in 2002 it was restored at a cost of $11.4 million.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank’s last great undertaking, begun when he was 76, was The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The building, which Frank thought would guarantee his immortality, took him 15 years, 700 sketches and six sets of working drawings to create. The museum opened in 1959, ten years after the death of Solomon Guggenheim and six months after the death of Frank Lloyd Wright.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-redactor-tag=\"span\" data-verified=\"redactor\"\u003eThe Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.franklloydwright.org\/\"\u003ewww.franklloydwright.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFallingwater:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.fallingwater.org\/\"\u003ewww.fallingwater.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"frank-lloyd-wright-prairie-homes-little-book-series-by-carla-lind","title":"Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie Homes book by Carla Lind","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis little book is part of the Frank Lloyd Wright-At-A-Glance: 'Little Book' Series detailing the origins of the Prairie style showing typical features and furnishings and walks readers through ten of the most fascinating examples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Carla Lind\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e60 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e34 colour photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize of book: 5 1\/4 \" x 5 1\/4\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover with dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arts \u0026 Crafts Living","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":15820553748580,"sku":"","price":4.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/3850\/6340\/products\/61MfEVs3D7L_5B1_5D_9335d70c-cb88-471a-a328-004eb71a87c5.jpg?v=1544170025"},{"product_id":"frank-lloyd-wrights-unity-temple-a-good-time-place-hardcover-book-by-patrick-cannon","title":"Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple a Good Time Place hardcover book by Patrick Cannon","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew hardcover of Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple: A Good Time Place provides an intimate tour of one of Wright's most beloved buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchitectural historian Patrick F. Cannon discusses the history of Unity Temple, from Wright's design proposals to its value today as a National Historic Landmark. More than forty-five artful colour photographs by James Caulfield, along with historical photographs and floor plans, are featured, accompanied by Cannon's descriptive captions. This book celebrates the ingenuity of a master architect whose vision is evident in every element of Unity Temple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: ‎ Pomegranate Communications Inc, US; 1st edition (15 Sept. 2009)\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: ‎ English\u003cbr\u003eHardcover: ‎ 80 pages\u003cbr\u003eISBN-10: ‎ 0764951491\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: ‎ 978-0764951497\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: ‎ 23.5 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arts \u0026 Crafts Living","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53614781596033,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/3850\/6340\/files\/9780764951497-uk.jpg?v=1729168310"},{"product_id":"houses-by-frank-lloyd-wright-postcard-book","title":"Houses By Frank Lloyd Wright: Postcard Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e30 full colour 6 ½\" x 4 3\/4\" postcards bound in a handy small soft cover book collection featuring colour interior and exterior photographs of houses designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959). 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