In this compelling and thought-provoking book, the distinguished
architectural historian Neil Levine redefines our understanding of Frank
Lloyd Wright in the first comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the
architect's entire career since the opening of the Wright Archives.
Making use of the architect's drawings, notes, writings, and personal
and professional correspondence, the author weaves together historical
and biographical material in a carefully documented, chronologically
ordered framework that gives new meaning and relevance to Wright's
enormously varied production."Scrupulously researched, elegantly written
... beautifully illustrated and designed ... the book is a feast for eye
and mind, challenging assumptions and deepening understanding on almost
every page.... Wright's ability to translate the poetic essence of a
place into form was unrivaled, and no one has explored it with more
insight than Levine."--Richard Weston, the architects' journal"Wright's
personal history was extraordinary by any standards, and it is the great
strength of Neil Levine's book that he manages to correlate the
developments in Wright's architecture with the events in his life,
without being sentimental or over-reverent."--Andrew Ballantyne, The
Times Literary Supplement