Always an experimenter, in the 1920's Wright debuted an innovative building system with four striking houses in the Los Angeles area. This book features these internationally renowned compositions and a fifth that shares their exotic form.
By Carla Lind. 60 pages, 44 color photographs, 6 black & white photographs, size: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4". Casebound with dust jacket.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Frank Lloyd Wright California Houses:
I'm a semi-retired architect from the mid west and while in CA, I took the time to look at Wright's "Textile Block" houses, it was worth the trip
I had met Wright many years ago and had always liked his creative approach, that gives you an idea of my age
The "Textile Block" houses are in varying states of repair and disrepair and are not accessible, except from the street
The book fills in some of the gaps and I wish that it was in a larger scale and had more
The color is welcome... more info
Not the best:
These little books are pretty much a joke. Not much information or photos (it is a tiny, thin book.)
nice pictures and text but for fans rather than experts:
the lack of floor plans of engineering drawings makes this more of a fanzine for the textile block houses. nice photos and text though. look elsewhere for informaiton useful to designers, students or architects.
A visually stunning tribute to some of Wright's best work:
"Frank Lloyd Wright's California Houses," by Carla Lind, is one of a series of "mini-books" by the author, each of which focuses on a particular facet of this great architect's work. This volume focuses on a remarkable group of homes designed by Wright between 1917 and 1927.
Like other volumes in this series, this book combines a brief but informative text with a wealth of full-color photos. Lind also includes a bibliography, a chronology, black-and-white historical photos, and sidebar quotes from various... more info
