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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 82. Chapters: Vitruvius, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Rem Koolhaas, Christopher Alexander, Leon Battista Alberti, John Ruskin, Paolo Soleri, Dalibor Vesely, Andrea Palladio, Team 10, Wiel Arets, Charles Jencks, Filarete, Peter Eisenman, Yona Friedman, William Pereira, Bruno Taut, Pete Silver & Will McLean, Archigram, Markus Breitschmid, Reyner Banham, Wendel Dietterlin, Yu Hao, James Fergusson, Quatremere de Quincy, James Thomson, Jeff Kipnis, Mark Wigley, Mohsen Mostafavi, Han Pao-teh, Christian Norberg-Schulz, Diebedo Francis Kere, Sarah Whiting, Mark Jarzombek, Alberto Perez-Gomez, Robert Somol, Sanford Kwinter, Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Carlo Lodoli, Joseph Rykwert, Stan Allen, David Leatherbarrow, William S.W. Lim, Jorge Glusberg, Jean-Louis de Cordemoy, Manuel Herz, Claude McKinney. Excerpt: Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 - April 9, 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 projects, which resulted in more than 500 completed works. Wright promoted organic architecture (exemplified by Fallingwater), was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture (exemplified by the Robie House, the Westcott House, and the Darwin D. Martin House), and developed the concept of the Usonian home (exemplified by the Rosenbaum House). His work includes original and innovative examples of many different building types, including offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums. Wright also often designed many of the interior elements of his buildings, such as the furniture and stained glass. Wright authored 20 books and many articles, and was a popular lecturer in the United States and in Europe. His colorful personal life often made headlines, most notably for the 1914 fire and murders at his Taliesin studio. Already...
