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    Frank Lloyd Wright

    A Life

    Part of Penguin Lives

    Author Ada Louise Huxtable
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    $16.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
    5.05"W x 7"H x 0.6"D  
    On sale Apr 29, 2008 | 272 Pages | 9780143114291
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
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    A powerhouse of architectural biography by Pulitzer Prize winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable of America's greatest architect

    Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the way she introduces Wright's masterpieces, from the tranquil Fallingwater to Taliesin, rebuilt after tragedy and murder-not only exploring the mind of the man who drew the blueprints but also delving into the very heart of the medium, which he changed forever.
    Ada Louise Huxtable is a Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic. She is the author of several books, including Inventing Reality, Pier Luigi Nervi, and, most recently, The Unreal American. A MacArthur fellow, Huxtable is the architecture critic of The Wall Street Journal and was the architecture critic for The New York Times from 1963 to 1982. View titles by Ada Louise Huxtable
    "The eventfulness of the extraordinary life and the refreshing intelligence and craft of the author make this book a pleasure to read." -- The New York Times

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    A powerhouse of architectural biography by Pulitzer Prize winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable of America's greatest architect

    Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the way she introduces Wright's masterpieces, from the tranquil Fallingwater to Taliesin, rebuilt after tragedy and murder-not only exploring the mind of the man who drew the blueprints but also delving into the very heart of the medium, which he changed forever.

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    Ada Louise Huxtable is a Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic. She is the author of several books, including Inventing Reality, Pier Luigi Nervi, and, most recently, The Unreal American. A MacArthur fellow, Huxtable is the architecture critic of The Wall Street Journal and was the architecture critic for The New York Times from 1963 to 1982. View titles by Ada Louise Huxtable

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    "The eventfulness of the extraordinary life and the refreshing intelligence and craft of the author make this book a pleasure to read." -- The New York Times

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