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Oak Park and River Forest are a mecca for Wright scholars and enthusiasts. Nowhere else can one visit so many Frank Lloyd Wright buildings and experience the architect's Prairie-style philosophy so fully. Hometown Architect is a thorough chronicle of that experience. Even if you have not had the good fortune to see these houses firsthand, the textual and photographic tours comprising this book will make you feel as though you have. Hometown Architect presents twenty-seven Wright homes, and Unity Temple, documenting one of the architect's most influential periods of his career. The last chapter surveys eight lost, altered, and possibly Wright homes. More than ninety photographs of the buildin...
Are you part of the 70% of the population that reports being unhappy? Or are you part of the 80% of the population that reports not being satisfied with their career? Maybe you feel like you have no choices left to make or that you are stuck in life. In Be Free: How to Live Life on Your Terms author William Fricke lays bare the path to living a life of your choosing based on your beliefs and goals.As a high school English teacher, college adjunct, sports coach, head negotiator, committee member, husband, parent, son, and more, Will lost his way in his own life, living for others but not really for himself. With years of reflection, learning, and practice, he is now living life on his own ter...
The Wright idea "The interior space itself is the reality of the building." - Frank Lloyd Wright Widely thought to be the greatest American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was a true pioneer, both artistically and technically. At a time when reinforced concrete and steel were considered industrial building materials, Wright boldly made use of them to build private homes. His prairie house concept--that of a low, sprawling home based upon a simple L or T figure--was the driving force behind some of his most famous houses and became a model for rural architecture across America. Wright`s designs for office and public buildings were equally groundbreaking and unique. From Fallingwater...
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