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Buffalo Museum Brings Rare Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station to Life
… rest stop—if Wright had had his way, we all would have been traveling and filling up in style.
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This Architect Digitally Preserves Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unbuilt Projects In His Spare Time
Visualization of the E.A. Smith house by Frank Lloyd Wright. All images courtesy David Romero, Hooked on the Past When the work day is over (and once his daughters have gone to bed), architect David Romero sits back down at his computer and continues working on digitally rendering Frank Lloyd Wright’s destroyed or …
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Frank Lloyd Wright Redesigned the Suburbs—Today's Architects Should Do the Same
… we might be able to work within and beyond those definitions to create a suburban world that is more sustainable, connective, socially open, and just more beautiful. Frank Lloyd Wright set us all a challenge; it is up to us to design a better sprawl. You may also enjoy "Frank Lloyd Wright Was a Proto …
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3-D Printing Saves a Frank Lloyd Wright Treasure
… do so in ways that are beyond our imagination at this time,” he says. For the time being Florida Southern College is happy that one of its Wright buildings is being brought back to life. Some of the more difficult parts of the molds to make are the small holes for the cast glass inserts …
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Ten Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Nominated for UNESCO Distinction
… east Courtesy Christian Korab/© Price Tower Arts Center Price Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. 1952 This commercial and residential-use tower features 19 floors that cantilever outwards from a central core—the tower is Wright’s only built freestanding skyscraper. With its unique construction and painted copper cladding, the Price Tower dramatically sets itself apart …
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Frank Lloyd Wright Through the Eyes of His European Admirers
… also a symptom of architecture’s nascent (and not always successful) attempts to diversify its point of view. No longer can one man’s experience, not even Frank Lloyd Wright’s, push architecture past its own horizons. Zach Mortice is a Chicago-based architectural journalist. Follow him on Instagram and Twitter, and listen to his …
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MoMA to Mount "Anthology" of Frank Lloyd Wright's Little-Known Works
… the interpreter" If you enjoyed this article, then check out our in-depth interview with curator Barry Bergdoll about this exhibit. March Balloons, a 1955 drawing by Wright, based on an original design ca. 1926 for Liberty magazine. Courtesy The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library …
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How Frank Lloyd Wright Would Have Transformed Ellis Island
… David Fishman, New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial. 2 nd ed. New York: The Monacelli Press, 1997. Letters: The Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Scottsdale, AZ Elwood M. Doudt to Frank Lloyd Wright, March 19, 1959. Frank Lloyd Wright to Elwood M. Doudt, March 23, 1959. Jerry Damon …
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Frank Lloyd Wright Restoration a Cornerstone in Buffalo's Revitalization
… with Flynn Battaglia Architects, Goody Clancy, and Andropogon Associates). By reclaiming and revitalizing these treasures, Buffalo emerges as a destination for architectural tourism, the past providing ballast for the city’s future. If you liked this article, you may enjoy "Buffalo Looks to Past Architectural Triumphs to Define Its Future."