Taschen's new single-volume monograph on the great Frank Lloyd Wright – written by our era’s pre-eminent Wright specialist, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer – is the ultimate compact work on a definitive character in architectural history

FLW曾经是建筑出版业的中流砥柱。在数字时代之前，在专著成为新兴行业的名片，而不是认真回顾漫长的职业生涯之前，“设计”部分最受欢迎的建筑师是脾气暴躁、狂热、傲慢但永远富有创造力的弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特(Frank Lloyd Wright)，他的职业生涯跨越了70年，拥有500多座建筑。

赖特持久的受欢迎程度是多方面的原因，尽管他的作品质量很高。他是一位熟练的自传家，著有许多书.他培养了一位大师般的追随者，他的教职员工和学生，特别是在他建立的塔利班学校。他的“总体艺术作品”的方法延伸到了最小的细节，创造了如此丰富的视觉、工艺和发明的房子，使它们与可能或不影响它们的艺术运动隔开。他的演讲是首屈一指的。除了500件已完成的作品外，还有许多未建成的作品，它们都保存在他用来吸引客户和历史学家的独特美丽的图画和水彩画中。

布鲁斯·布鲁克斯·普菲弗是我们这个时代杰出的赖特专家，他开始了作为赖特学徒的职业生涯。现在，他在西部塔利班获得了数十万份文件，这使得这篇专著成为FLW漫长职业生涯的一次精辟总结。这一卷是由Taschen的三卷作品汇编而成，它是一本最畅销的作品，涵盖了芝加哥橡树公园周围建造的典雅房屋，包括长长的、低矮的“草原风格”(Prairie Style)和精致的细节，包括开创性的拉金行政大楼(Larkin Administration Building)-这座大楼被称为世界上第一座现代办公大楼-以及他后期作品更具表现力的、空间时代的未来主义。这里有足够的东西使这成为建筑史上关于一个决定性人物的终极紧凑作品。

From the book: William Winslow House, River Forest, Illinois, 1893. This was Wright's first realised commission as a recognised independent architect and anticipates his later homes for the Midwest American prairie. Pictured here is the perspective drawing

Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, Illinois, 1902. From left: Susan Lawrence in front of her house; glass and bronze table lamp, 2002. Photography: Allison Chipak. Right: street view of the house, 1997. Photography: Balthazar Korab

Larkin Company Administration Building, Buffalo, New York, 1903 – Wright's most challenging commission to date. Left: a promotional item for the building. Right: a view from Seneca Street

Inside of the Larkin Company Administration Building. Left: central court and the initial perspective drawing. Right: working spaces and a varnished metal office chair

Meyer May House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1908. The architect has made the movement within the building circuitous. Left: the street view of the house in 1989. Right: the elegant living room. Photography Balthazar Korab

Avery Coonley Playhouse, Riverside, Illinois, 1912. Left: glass designs for the windows. Right: the small triptych colour design. Photography: Greg Campbell

Broadacre City, the model, 1934. Left: model in the drafting room at Taliesin. Right: the master plan alongside site plan and detailed model

Gift shop for VC Morris, San Francisco, California, 1948. Wright's tunnel like design was a remodel of an existing space. Left: the interior view, 1949. Photography: Maynard Parker. Right: The entrance in 1951, which Wright humorously referred to as a 'mouse trap'. Photography: Julius Shulman

Aline Barnsdall's 'Hollyhock House', Olive Hill, Los Angeles, California, 1919. Named after Barnsdall's favourite flower, this U-shaped house was commissioned alongside theatre projects, terrace shops and houses

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