Wright, Frank Lloyd
Modern Architecture Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691129372
- author:
- Wright, Frank Lloyd
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Pages:
- 176
- Dimensions:
- 210mm X 267mm
- Genre:
- Architecture
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Frank Lloyd Wright's Modern Architecture presents a provocative vision for an organic architecture that rejects historical styles and machine aesthetics. First published in 1931, this landmark text outlines Wright's principles for a fundamentally new approach to building design. In this beautifully designed edition, Wright's ideas are contextualised within the broader architectural, historical, and intellectual landscape of his time. The book is both a polemic against America's architectural eclecticism and a work of self-promotion, as Wright frames his organic architecture as a precursor to modernist thought. With its lively lectures on topics such as "Machinery, Materials and Men" and "The Tyranny of the Skyscraper", Modern Architecture offers a unique insight into Wright's vision for an architecture that equates the modern with romanticism, imagination, beauty, and nature. With a new introduction, this edition provides a fresh perspective on Wright's influential work.
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