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Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern American Architecture
An excerpt from a 1902 article by Frank Lloyd Wright titled “The Art and Craft of the Machine.”

An excerpt from a 1902 article by Frank Lloyd Wright titled “The Art and Craft of the Machine.”

Frank Lloyd Wright wrote this article during the early part of his career. In this excerpt, he discusses tools and materials, emphasizing the potential of machines in the creation of furniture and architecture.

Citation Information
Daughters of the revolution, Illinois, excerpt from “The new industrialism,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/93eb1c929b351123f792553233d561cc.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of University of Michigan via HathiTrust.

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Item 3 of 11 in the Primary Source Set Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern American Architecture

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An excerpt from a 1952 interview with Frank Lloyd Wright by Larry Lafer.
A 1962 brochure featuring a portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright and an excerpt from an earlier speech.
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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