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Book One of his Autobiography

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Description: Book One of his Autobiography

TitleBook One of his Autobiography

Creator nameWright, Frank Lloyd

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1931

Object typeGraphic Design

MaterialsUnknown

LocationThe Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art / Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York)

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsGraphic design (Typography)Architectural writingAutobiography

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10. Wright as Writer

Anthony Alofsin

Description: Wright and New York: The Making of America’s Architect

Wright and New York: The Making of America’s Architect

Frank Lloyd Wright was the most prolific author on architecture in the twentieth century. “Self-cultivation” is the term Kenneth Frampton used to describe his purpose. “From this surely came his extensive vocabulary, his sense of rhythm, and his remarkable command of metaphor and simile that accorded his texts a rich, if ornate, precision.”...

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Anthony Alofsin

PublisherYale University Press

Copyright© 2019 by Anthony Alofsin

Related print edition pages: pp.184-210

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Chapter subject tags:Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959Architecture, American--20th centuryArchitecture, Modern--20th centuryArchitects--United States--BiographyArchitectural writing--United States--20th centuryArchitectural RecordArchitectural criticism--20th century

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