In Le Corbusier's Formative Years we learn what made Le Corbusier the person, and the designer that he was. Using twenty years of research, H. Allen Brooks has unearthed an incredible wealth of documents that show every facet of the formative years of this influential architect."There is much in this fine volume for anyone interested not just in architecture, but in the roots of human creativity and in the origins of the most powerful artistic current of our century. . . . This book is a life's work of scholarship. It has been well spent."—Toronto Globe and Mail

Le Corbusier's Formative Years: Charles-Edouard Jeanneret at La Chaux-de-Fonds

Arts & Photography

Brooks, H. Allen

Architecture

University of Chicago Press

In Le Corbusier's Formative Years we learn what made Le Corbusier the person, and the designer that he was. Using twenty years of research, H. Allen Brooks has unearthed an incredible wealth of documents that show every facet of the formative years of this influential architect. "There is much in this fine volume for anyone interested not just in architecture, but in the roots of human creativity and in the origins of the most powerful artistic current of our century. . . . This book is a life's work of scholarship. It has been well spent."—Toronto Globe and Mail

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

These writings cover Wright's personality and life style (a New Yorker profile by Alexander Woolcott, John Noble Richards on Wright's funeral...), Wright's clients and his work (accounts by Paul and Jean Hanna, Loren Pope, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Russell Sturgis...), the discovery of Wright by Europeans, and more recent evaluations by Lewis Mumford and Reyner Banham, among others.

Writings on Wright: Selected Comment on Frank Lloyd Wright

Mit Pr

One of the most original and dynamic developments in American architecture, the Prairie School was a regional manifestation of the international revolt and reform that occurred in the visual arts during the early years of the twentieth century.Inspired by Louis Sullivan and given guidance and prominence by Frank Lloyd Wright, the members of the movement sought to achieve a fresh architectural expression. Their designs were characterized by precise, angular forms and highly sophisticated interior arrangements-an approach that proved immensely significant in residential architecture. H. Allen Brooks discusses the entire phenomenon of the Prairie School-not just the masters but also the work of their contemporaries. Drawing on unpublished material and original documentation as well as on interviews, he assesses each architectâ€™s contribution and traces the course of the movement itself-how and why it came into existence, what it achieved, and what caused its abrupt end.

The Prairie School: Frank Lloyd Wright and His Midwest Contemporaries

W.W.Norton

One of the most original and dynamic developments in American architecture, the Prairie School was a regional manifestation of the international revolt and reform that occurred in the visual arts during the early years of the twentieth century. Inspired by Louis Sullivan and given guidance and prominence by Frank Lloyd Wright, the members of the movement sought to achieve a fresh architectural expression. Their designs were characterized by precise, angular forms and highly sophisticated interior arrangements-an approach that proved immensely significant in residential architecture. H. Allen Brooks discusses the entire phenomenon of the Prairie School-not just the masters but also the work of their contemporaries. Drawing on unpublished material and original documentation as well as on interviews, he assesses each architect’s contribution and traces the course of the movement itself-how and why it came into existence, what it achieved, and what caused its abrupt end.

W.W.Norton&Company

Physical description; xviii, 333 p. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm. Subjects; Wright, Frank Lloyd (1867-1959) - Influence. Prairie School. Prairie school (Architecture). Architecture - Middle West. Architecture - 20th century - Middle West. - History. Architecture - Middle West - History - 20th century. Architects - Middle West. Architecture - Middle West - 20th century. Architecture, Modern - 20th century - Middle West. Canada - Prairie provinces - Architecture - (1897-1929). Prairie school. Architecture - U.S.A. - 20th century. Genre; Illustrated.

Prairie School architecture: Studies from "The Western architect"

University of Toronto Press

One of the most original and dynamic developments in American architecture, the Prairie School was a regional manifestation of the international revolt and reform that occurred in the visual arts during the early years of the twentieth century. Inspired by Louis Sullivan and given guidance and prominence by Frank Lloyd Wright, the members of the movement sought to achieve a fresh architectural expression. Their designs were characterized by precise, angular forms and highly sophisticated interior arrangements-an approach that proved immensely significant in residential architecture. H. Allen Brooks discusses the entire phenomenon of the Prairie School-not just the masters but also the work of their contemporaries. Drawing on unpublished material and original documentation as well as on interviews, he assesses each architect’s contribution and traces the course of the movement itself-how and why it came into existence, what it achieved, and what caused its abrupt end.

The prairie school; Frank Lloyd Wright and his midwest contemporaries

Toronto

Shows the floor plans and designs for homes, banks, public buildings, and furniture created by Wright and other members of the Prairie School.

Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School

Individual Artists

George Braziller, Inc.

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Le Corbusier's Formative Years: Charles-Edouard Jeanneret at La Chaux-de-Fonds

Le Corbusier's Formative Years: Charles-Edouard Jeanneret at La Chaux-de-Fonds

Writings on Wright: Selected Comment on Frank Lloyd Wright

The Prairie School: Frank Lloyd Wright and His Midwest Contemporaries

The Prairie School: Frank Lloyd Wright and His Midwest Contemporaries

Prairie School architecture: Studies from "The Western architect"

The prairie school; Frank Lloyd Wright and his midwest contemporaries

Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School