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Title: Fallingwater : Frank Lloyd Wright's Romance With Nature by Lynda S. Waggoner, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy ISBN: 0-7893-0072-9 Publisher: Universe Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Of interest but ultimately unsatisfying
Comment: My objectives in reading and collecting books about domestic architecture generally focus on gathering information about how I might approach the design of the internal and external details for use in my own (dream) home.
Frank Lloyd Wright is a constant source of inspiration in my endeavours as he designed and built many wonderful houses... and one of his most famous works is the subject of this book.
My initial impressions of this book were good, although I was probably taken-in by the wonderful photo on the cover of the book more than anything else. Upon having a quick flip through the book, I found there were some lovely photos of the house and it's surrounds and there was some mention made of how the house was created to suit its environment and how it was an example of Frank Lloyd Wright's "Organic Architecture".
However, upon a detailed reading of the book, although I found a few more interesting photos and some thought-provoking philosophical quotations, the detail was practically non-existent and the book was ultimately unsatisfying. No mention was made of what sort of thinking went behind the design of the house and why things were done the way they were... and there weren't even any significant diagrams or floor plans of the house included, except for a simple site layout on the last page of the book, which looked like it was added more as an afterthought than as something that would be informative to the reader.
In short, although the book gives me about a dozen new photos of Fallingwater, it doesn't really add to my knowledge of Frank Lloyd Wright's design philosophies and, given the price of this book, I would suggest this book belongs on the corner of a coffee table, rather than in an amateur architect's reference bookshelf.
Rating: 4
Summary: Beautiful Photographs!
Comment: My family went to see fallingwater, and all of my dad's film was ruined! I bought this book for him, and it serves as the perfect reminder of our trip. It includes gorgeous photographs, fitting quotes, a plan of fallingwater, and a bit of the history. If you're looking for tons of information, this is definitely NOT the book for you. But if you're looking for beautiful pictures and a precious keepsake, this is a wonderful book. ENJOY!
Rating: 5
Summary: Gorgeous Photographs and Great Quotes to Show the Wright Way
Comment: Fallingwater is considered by many to be Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest home design, and by many others to be one of the very finest American homes ever built. Perched atop a waterfall in southwestern Pennsylvania in the Allegheny mountains, the site is visually stunning . . . and the home's organic connection to the site will astonish you.
Fallingwater was designed for the Edgar Kaufmann family of Pittsburgh to be a weekend retreat away from the bustle of city life. One of Frank Lloyd Wright's comments about homes is that they must be "integral to site; integral to environment; integral to the life of the inhabitants." Judged by that standard, you will agree, if you are like me, that Fallingwater is his best work. The Kaufmanns wanted to have a romantic experience in the house, and he certainly provided them with one. The siting allows a Southern exposure for almost all of the rooms, a view of the waterfall and/or woods, and the constant sound of the waterfall. The final design captures nicely his sense of Nature's dual character, "unrestrained . . . power in contrast to its subtler, ordered beauty." The material and colors are drawn from the area as much as possible, and in some views, the home seems like simply part of the rocks it is perched on.
The quotes are usually attached to specific photographs that catch the various views you see of Fallingwater from any ground position or perspective and the views from Fallingwater. They capture ideas from Wright and nonarchitectural thinkers as diverse as Thoreau and Ruskin.
The photographs are the best part of this book. Since you will probably not be one of the 160,000 visitors who come in most years, these images are the way you can know the home. Almost all are in color, and are nicely distributed throughout the four seasons. My only complaint is that the book's page size should have been larger to permit a stronger connection between the viewer and these remarkable scenes. If you are like me, you will hear the water as you commune with the images.
Through the essay and quotes, Fallingwater curator and administrator Lynda S. Waggoner does a marvelous job of using Fallingwater to also demonstrate the essential concepts of all Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture and interior design.
After you read and enjoy this book, think a little about where you live. How have you made nature more accessible? What else could you do to make your living there to be more relaxed and natural, and to balance the rest of your life?
Feel connected to all the life and natural objects around you . . . and be refreshed!
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Title: Frank Lloyd WrightÂs Fallingwater : The House and Its History, Second, Revised Edition by Donald Hoffmann ISBN: 0486274306 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 02 July, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Fallingwater Rising : Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House by FRANKLIN TOKER ISBN: 1400040264 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Fallingwater: A Frank Lloyd Wright Country House by Edgar Kaufmann, Thomas A. Heinz, Christopher Little ISBN: 0896596621 Publisher: Abbeville Press, Inc. Pub. Date: November, 1986 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater (Building Blocks Series) by Ezra Stoller ISBN: 1568982038 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Frank Lloyd Wright's Houses by Thomas A. Heinz ISBN: 0517219689 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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