Beyond the Book: Background information when reading Loving Frank

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A pictorial tour through the life and works of Frank Lloyd Wright including buildings and people mentioned in Loving Frank and (to throw you off the scent) a few that aren't!

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• The Lloyd Wright's home, and Frank's studio in Oak Park, Illinois.
• The Robie House, considered by many to be the finest example of Wright's Prairie architecture.
• A photo of Mamah Borthwick and the house that Wright built for her and her husband.
• Wright as Mamah may have first known him; and in his later years.
• A portrait of Ellen Key as Mamah may have known her.
• A complete online version of Wright's Wasmuth portfolio (1910) which introduced Europeans to Wright's architecture for the first time.
• Photos showing the original Taliesin built by Wright starting in 1911.
• The Graycliff estate, considered Wright's most notable project during the 1930s.
• Falling Water, built in the 1930s.
• An example of a "Usonian" house built in the 1930s.
• The Guggenheim Museum, New York, constructed over 16 years starting in 1943.
• Reproductions of lighting and stained glass inspired by Wright's designs.
  

More interesting links:

• The publisher's extremely comprehensive website about Loving Frank, including a comprehensive photo tour, contemporary newspaper clippings and much more.
• Two nonprofit groups focused on preserving Wright's architecture: The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust & The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
• The architectural genes continue in the Lloyd Wright family. At least one of Wright's seven children went on to be an architect, and his son, Eric Lloyd Wright who apprenticed to his grandfather, currently practices in Malibu, California.

September 2007

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This "beyond the book article" relates to Loving Frank. It originally ran in September 2007 and has been updated for the April 2008 paperback edition. Go to magazine.

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