An edition of Working with Mr. Wright (1995)

Working with Mr. Wright

what it was like

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An edition of Working with Mr. Wright (1995)

Working with Mr. Wright

what it was like

Working with Mr. Wright is a personal recollection by one of Frank Lloyd Wright's former apprentices of his years at the Taliesin Fellowship. Based on letters written by the author during his two stints at the Fellowship, from 1939 to 1955, Curtis Besinger provides a lively account of daily life in the community of architects established by Wright at its two locations, in Wisconsin and Arizona.

Unlike standard architectural training, an apprenticeship with the fellowship entailed architectural tasks, such as drafting, designing, and overseeing projects, including the actual building of Taliesin West; as well as humbler assignments - from milking the cows to harvesting wheat - related to maintaining the farm that surrounded the Fellowship in Wisconsin. The social life of the Fellowship, which was filled with music and film, and planned in detail by Wright himself, is also recounted with wit and humor.

Through these engaging recollections, illustrated with photographs, plans, and drawings made during Besinger's years at the fellowship, the eccentric personality of Wright, his working practices, and his unique creative vision emerge, along with a host of personalities who were key to creating the unique character of the Taliesin experience.

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English
Pages
313

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Working with Mr. Wright: What It Was Like
February 28, 1997, Cambridge University Press
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Cover of: Working with Mr. Wright
Working with Mr. Wright: what it was like
1995, Cambridge University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
Cambridge [England], New York, NY, USA
Other Titles
Working with Mister Wright.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
720/.92, B
Library of Congress
NA737.B48 A2 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 313 p. :
Number of pages
313

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1268939M
Internet Archive
workingwithmrwri0000besi
ISBN 10
0521481228
LCCN
95000025
OCLC/WorldCat
31865425
Library Thing
2458633
Goodreads
4550424

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