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Frank L. Wright and the architects of Steinway Hall : a study in collaboration / by Stuart Cohen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Stuart, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
- Wright, Frank Lloyd.
- Spencer, Robert C. (Robert Clossen), 1864-1953.
- Spencer, Robert C.
- Perkins, Dwight H. (Dwight Heald), 1934-.
- Perkins, Dwight H.
- Hunt, Myron, 1868-1952.
- Hunt, Myron.
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Philosophy.
- Communication in architectural design.
- Group work in architecture.
- Architecture--Illinois--Chicago--Influence.
- Architecture.
- Architecture--Illinois--Chicago--History.
- Architecture, Modern--20th century.
- Architecture, Modern.
- Architectural design--Data processing.
- History.
- Philosophy.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Physical Description:
- 316 pages : illustrations, plans ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Novato, CA : ORO Editions, [2021]
- Summary:
- "In 1897, Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Spencer, Dwight Perkins, and Myron Hunt, all young architects just starting out in practice, shared office space in Chicago. This book is both a history of that brief period and an attempt to assess the extent to which they collaborated on their architectural designs and on the creation of architectural theory that would impact a half century of architectural design. This study engages in a side-by-side comparison of projects they each designed while working in the loft of Chicago's Steinway Hall. Overlapping ideas, design similarities, and an analysis of their subsequent work, all suggest that these colleagues formed a creative "collaborative circle" of friends, who jointly developed the ideas underlying their work. This is a book about artistic collaboration at a time when discussions of art and architectural history are still largely dominated by the cult of the individual genius"--Front cover flap.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Spencer, Wright, Perkins, and Hunt, "First associates in the profession of architecture." p. 17
- Chapter 2 Chicago 1900: Milieu and Influences p. 23
- Chapter 3 The Chicago Architectural Club, the Chicago Arts and Crafts Society, and the Eighteen p. 37
- Chapter 4 In Steinway Hall p. 61
- Chapter 5 The Luxfer Prism Competition p. 83
- Chapter 6 The Abraham Lincoln Center p. 103
- Chapter 7 Spencer, Wright, and the Ladies' Home Journal p. 129
- Chapter 8 Spencer and Wright: Architectural Principles p. 149
- Chapter 9 Denouement p. 163.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-301) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781951541507
- 1951541502
- OCLC:
- 1192970327
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