First of a four volume set featuring every Wright building the territory.

First of a four volume set featuring every Wright building the territory.

The Frank Lloyd Wright Field Guide series provides the first comprehensive visitor's guide to all of Wright's buildings in the US and overseas. Each guide is written and compiled by an acknowledged expert on Frank Lloyd Wright, Thomas A Heinz. With his highly readable and informative style. Heinz presents each building page by page, providing brief histories and background details, information on accessibility and viewing, and directions from Interstate routes. Every entry is accompanied by a photograph and location map produced by the author. There are four books in the Field Guide series: Upper Great Lakes. MetroChicago, West and East. Each guide is arranged geographically, beginning in the northwest and ending in the southeast of the region covered. Full alphabetical and geographical lists enable buildings to be easily accessed either by location or name.

Many previously unpublished photographs illustrate Frank Lloyd Wright building sites in and around Chicago the largest concentration of Wright buildings outside of California including his house and studio at Oak Park and the Unity Temple, among many others. Includes informative commentary on the architectural features, history and client of each location, and maps and details for visiting. Extensively illustrated.

With over 6,000 entries, this is the most authoritative dictionary of architectural history available.

A comprehensive guide to Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings open to the public—with travel itineraries and information on seventy-four sites. Frank Lloyd Wright’s groundbreaking designs, innovative construction techniques, and inviting interiors continue to astound and inspire generations of architects and design aficionados. Covering all the publicly accessible sites across the United States—plus four in Japan—Wright Sites describes the design ideas and history behind each building. The volume also includes suggested destination itineraries for Wright road trips, a list of archives, and a selected bibliography. This revised edition features twenty sites newly opened to the public, up to date descriptions and access information, and new color photographs of each site. The introduction is written by Jack Quinan, a founding member of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy and author of Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House.

For coloring book enthusiasts and architecture students — 44 finely detailed renderings of Wright home and studio, Unity Temple, Guggenheim Museum, Robie House, Imperial Hotel, more.

This book focuses on the area where Wright began his architectural career, illustrating more than a hundred of his designs in the Chicago region and nearby lake retreats. The full-color illustrations show the interiors and exteriors of some of the most famous, and some not so well-known, Wright designs and are accompanied by biographical notes that describe his life and career.