The Gardens of Frank Lloyd Wright - Rilegato

Fell, Derek

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0711229678 ISBN 13: 9780711229679

Casa editrice: Frances Lincoln, 2009

Riassunto

Explores the design and layout of four of this architect's most famous residential landscapes while examining the inspirations behind his celebrated creations, enhanced with maps, charts, and nearly two hundred color photos.

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From Elle Decor
The Gardens of Frank Lloyd Wright gives the prolific architect his due as an inventive landscape designer, from Fallingwater to Taliesin.

From Garden Design
Designed with many large (only a handful are archival) photos, the book focuses on eight residential and public gardens that Wright had a hand in. Whatever and wherever he designed, it’s clear that his thinking was way ahead of his time particularly his ideas on organic design, which ring even more true today. Among his many sound-bite dictums, he said: learn from nature” and organic b buildings are bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.”
This marriage between building and site is what the book celebrates. They are partners, they are one the landscape is not just a backdrop to showcase the building.

From Newark (NJ) Star Ledger

Fifty years after his death, Frank Lloyd Wright still is celebrated as a visionary architect. A cottage industry of books examines his achievements, controversial life and legacy. Yet little is written about Wright’s attention to landscapes, which preoccupied him as much as his designs for homes and commercial buildings.
Derek Fell illuminates this aspect of Wright’s career in a handsome, oversize book that touts Wright as a master landscaper-garden designer with crisp commentary and compelling photos that almost pop off the pages.

L'autore:

Derek Fell is the author of several books on artists' gardens, including Monet's, Van Gogh's and Renoir's, as well as many gardening books.James Van Sweden is America's leading garden designer and landscape architect based in Washington D.C. His revolutionary garden designs often combine dramatic informal plantings with the practical beauty of architectural 'bones' that anchor his gardens to the ground. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the recipient of many distinguished awards. His work is published widely in gardening books and periodicals and he is a frequent guest on television and radio shows.Derek Fell is the author of several books on artists' gardens, including Monet's, Van Gogh's and Renoir's, as well as many gardening books.James Van Sweden is America's leading garden designer and landscape architect based in Washington D.C. His revolutionary garden designs often combine dramatic informal plantings with the practical beauty of architectural 'bones' that anchor his gardens to the ground. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the recipient of many distinguished awards. His work is published widely in gardening books and periodicals and he is a frequent guest on television and radio shows.

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• Editore: Frances Lincoln
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0711229678
• ISBN 13: 9780711229679
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 160