Frank Lloyd Wright's forgotten house : how an omission transformed the architect's legacy / Nicholas D. Hayes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayes, Nicholas D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architect-designed houses--Wisconsin--Shorewood.

Architect-designed houses.

American System-Built Homes--Wisconsin--Shorewood.

American System-Built Homes.

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Criticism and interpretation.

Wright, Frank Lloyd.

Elizabeth Murphy House (Shorewood, Wis.).

Shorewood (Wis.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Shorewood (Wis.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2021]

Summary:

While the grandiosity of Fallingwater and elegance of Taliesin are recognized universally, Frank Lloyd Wright's first foray into affordable housing is frequently overlooked. Although Wright began work on his American System-Built Homes (ASBH, 1911-17) with great energy, the project fell apart following wartime shortages and disputes between the architect and his developer. While continuing to advocate for the design of affordable small homes, Wright never spoke publicly of ASBH. As a result, the heritage of many Wright-designed homes was forgotten.When Nicholas and Angela Hayes became stewards of the unassuming Elizabeth Murphy House near Milwaukee, they began to unearth evidence that ultimately revealed a one-hundred-year-old fiasco fueled by competing ambitions and conflicting visions of America. The couple's forensic pursuit of the truth untangled the ways Wright's ASBH experiment led to the architect's most productive, creative period. Frank Lloyd Wright's Forgotten House includes a wealth of drawings and photographs, many of which have never been previously published. Historians, architecture buffs, and Wrightophiles alike will be fascinated by this untold history that fills a crucial gap in the architect's oeuvre.

Contents:

20. The Submission

21. The Legacy

22. The Man with the Hat

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Chronology, 1914-19

Notes

Index

Intro

Contents

Foreword

People to Know

Part One. How to Find a House by Frank Lloyd Wright

1. The Announcement

2. Hidden in Plain Sight

3. Wright's America

4. The Americans

5. The Tour

6. The System

7. The Timeline

Part Two. How to Lose a House by Frank Lloyd Wright

8. The Afterthought

9. The Delay

10. The Finding

11. The Scare

12. The Records

13. The Unraveling

14. The Exception

15. The Flip

Part Three. How to Build an Architectural Legacy

16. The Miss

17. The Overlap

18. The Pickup

19. The Silence

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780299331801

0299331806

OCLC:

1244805796