50 Lessons to Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright begins with a simple
question. What lessons can designers today learn from Frank Lloyd
Wright?
Unlike recent books focusing on Wright's tumultuous personal life and
the Taliesin Fellowship, and equally unlike certain works that paint
Wright as a mythical hero or genius, this handsome and valuable volume
aims to reveal some of the design tools Wright used to create
exceptional architecture, interiors, and landscapes--and how we may
glean insight from an American master and find inspiration for the
thoughtful design of our own homes. By means of succinct examples, pithy
texts by noted architecture experts Aaron Betsky and Gideon Fink
Shapiro, and evocative visuals provided by photographer Andrew Pielage,
they share fifty lessons, or "learning points," with an eye to
Wright-designed houses and interiors, ranging from "Let Nature Inspire
You," "Screen, Don't Close," and "Embroider Rooms with Textiles," to
"Look to Asia," "Design for Resilience" and "Balance the Whole."
Each lesson is accompanied by color photographs, original Wright
drawings, newly commissioned diagrams, thoughtful analysis by the
authors, and pearls of wisdom gathered from the master's trove of
writings on architecture and design.
Beyond specific lessons, this volume offers an informal yet richly
detailed introduction to this seminal figure, world-famous for his
romantic Fallingwater and magical Guggenheim Museum, and will be of much
interest to the budding architecture enthusiast as well as to the
interior designer, to those seeking ideas for their own homes, and to
fans of Frank Lloyd Wright looking for just the right book.
