Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building : Myth and Fact Paperback / softback
by Jack Quinan
Paperback / softback
Description
Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building has become an icon of modern architecture. And the fact that it was demolished only forty-six years after its 1904 completion makes Jack Quinan's study of the building - which housed a Buffalo, New York, soap company - all the more valuable.
Quinan's history draws on engineering documents, personal accounts of the building, and other papers he acquired from the family of Darwin D.
Martin, a Larkin executive who proposed commissioning Wright to design the company's offices.
With access to these rare sources, Quinan reveals how a young Wright landed the commission and traces the evolution of his cutting-edge plans.
Quinan then takes Wright studies to a new level, examining the Larkin Building as a structure at the center of economic and personal relationships.
Illustrated with over one hundred photographs, floor plans, maps, and diagrams, "Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building" provides a concise but complete record of how the building was conceived, built, evaluated, and finally demolished in what has been called a tragic loss for American architecture.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:204 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:15/05/2006
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- ISBN:9780226699080
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:204 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:15/05/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780226699080