Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building: Myth and Fact
by Jack Quinan
Quinan’s history draws on engineering documents, personal accounts of
the building, and other papers he acquired from the family of Darwin D.
Martin, a Larkin executive who proposed commissioning Wright to design
the company’s offices. With access to these rare sources, Quinan reveals
how a young Wright landed the commission and traces the evolution of
his cutting-edge plans. Quinan then takes Wright studies to a new level,
examining the Larkin Building as a structure at the center of economic
and personal relationships.
Illustrated with more than one hundred photographs, floor plans, maps, and diagrams, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Larkin Building provides a concise but complete record of how the building was conceived, built, evaluated, and finally demolished in what has been called a tragic loss for American architecture.
Illustrated with more than one hundred photographs, floor plans, maps, and diagrams, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Larkin Building provides a concise but complete record of how the building was conceived, built, evaluated, and finally demolished in what has been called a tragic loss for American architecture.
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