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Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern American Architecture
An excerpt from a 1952 interview with Frank Lloyd Wright by Larry Lafer.

An excerpt from a 1952 interview with Frank Lloyd Wright by Larry Lafer.

In this excerpt, Wright discusses his vision of the job of the architect and reflects on his work on the Guggenheim Museum and the role of cities.

Citation Information
Excerpt from “Interview with Frank Lloyd Wright,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/4098f1bd9edec05235f8268f55fe05e5.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of New York Public Radio via Metropolitan New York Library Council and Empire State Digital Network.

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An excerpt from a 1952 interview with Frank Lloyd Wright by Larry Lafer.
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An excerpt from a 1902 article by Frank Lloyd Wright titled “The Art and Craft of the Machine.”
An article from The Architectural Review about the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, 1900.
An excerpt from a 1953 exhibition catalog, Sixty Years of Living Architecture: the Work of Frank Lloyd Wright.
A photograph of a window designed by Frank Lloyd Wright ca. 1912-1914.
A photograph of the Frank Wright Thomas house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901.
A photograph of a straight back chair designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Martin House, ca. 1906.
A photograph of Ward W. Willits House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905.
A print of the Guggenheim Museum, which opened in 1959.
A 1901 essay by Anthony Barker titled “Louis H. Sullivan, Thinker and Architect.”

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