Unpositioned Something is wrong

An organic architecture : the architecture of democracy / Frank Lloyd Wright

Originally delivered at the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1939, these four lectures outline a core architectural philosophy and discuss projects such as Fallingwater. This edition includes a new essay providing historical context for the work.

Author

ISBN

Publisher

TAGS

Curated Derived

Architecture Art Communication Culture Education Social Sciences

CONNECTIONS

No connections

LOCATION HISTORY

No location history available for this book.

FULL RECORD

Accession Number: 12158

Site: Vernon O Content

Collection: N/A

Location: N/A

Binding Type: Hard Back

Book Images

Hover to see live images

No live

An organic architecture : the architecture of democracy / Frank Lloyd Wright cover

No live

VERNON DATA

Architecture/Art/Arts Architecture, Modern/Art/Arts Modernism (Art)/Aesthetic movement (Art)/Art/Arts Lectures and lecturing/Public speaking/Oral communication/Communication/Sociology/Social sciences/Civilisation

{
  "slug": "an-organic-architecture-the-architecture-of-democracy-frank-lloyd-wright",
  "opacObjectId": "19281",
  "opacCollection": {
    "opacCollectionId": "1"
  },
  "imagesCollection": {
    "images": [
      {
        "imageId": "19737",
        "cssColors": [
          {
            "hex": "f5f5f5",
            "hue": 0,
            "rank": 1,
            "presence": 87.14,
            "colorName": "whitesmoke",
            "lightness": 96,
            "colorGroup": "white",
            "saturation": 0,
            "formattedColorName": "white smoke"
          },
          {
            "hex": "708090",
            "hue": 210,
            "rank": 2,
            "presence": 9.47,
            "colorName": "slategray",
            "lightness": 50,
            "colorGroup": "gray",
            "saturation": 13,
            "formattedColorName": "slate gray"
          },
          {
            "hex": "f08080",
            "hue": 0,
            "rank": 3,
            "presence": 1.84,
            "colorName": "lightcoral",
            "lightness": 72,
            "colorGroup": "red",
            "saturation": 79,
            "formattedColorName": "light coral"
          },
          {
            "hex": "778899",
            "hue": 210,
            "rank": 4,
            "presence": 1.45,
            "colorName": "lightslategray",
            "lightness": 53,
            "colorGroup": "gray",
            "saturation": 14,
            "formattedColorName": "light slate gray"
          }
        ],
        "rawColors": [
          {
            "hex": "fafafa",
            "hue": 0,
            "rank": 1,
            "presence": 87.14,
            "lightness": 98,
            "saturation": 0
          },
          {
            "hex": "3d4441",
            "hue": 154,
            "rank": 2,
            "presence": 9.47,
            "lightness": 25,
            "saturation": 5
          },
          {
            "hex": "eb443b",
            "hue": 3,
            "rank": 3,
            "presence": 1.84,
            "lightness": 57,
            "saturation": 81
          },
          {
            "hex": "9a9e9c",
            "hue": 150,
            "rank": 4,
            "presence": 1.45,
            "lightness": 61,
            "saturation": 2
          },
          {
            "hex": "ed9894",
            "hue": 2,
            "rank": 5,
            "presence": 0.08,
            "lightness": 75,
            "saturation": 71
          },
          {
            "hex": "a3847c",
            "hue": 12,
            "rank": 6,
            "presence": 0.01,
            "lightness": 56,
            "saturation": 17
          },
          {
            "hex": "7c8c84",
            "hue": 150,
            "rank": 7,
            "presence": 0.0,
            "lightness": 51,
            "saturation": 6
          }
        ],
        "imageLabels": [
          {
            "count": 19233,
            "score": 82.61,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Font",
            "imageLabelId": 12
          },
          {
            "count": 10019,
            "score": 67.87,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Rectangle",
            "imageLabelId": 11
          },
          {
            "count": 1673,
            "score": 66.2,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Parallel",
            "imageLabelId": 107
          },
          {
            "count": 2009,
            "score": 65.42,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Brand",
            "imageLabelId": 15
          },
          {
            "count": 1627,
            "score": 59.71,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Logo",
            "imageLabelId": 19
          },
          {
            "count": 2849,
            "score": 55.06,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Graphics",
            "imageLabelId": 16
          }
        ],
        "imageDerivatives": [
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/5802/aa9ea9b4ba62cb9d4a26d88f463667d79b9dcdf6.jpg",
            "width": "586",
            "height": "800",
            "identifier": "LARGE"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/5802/aa9ea9b4ba62cb9d4a26d88f463667d79b9dcdf6.jpg",
            "width": "293",
            "height": "400",
            "identifier": "MEDIUM"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/5802/aa9ea9b4ba62cb9d4a26d88f463667d79b9dcdf6.jpg",
            "width": "26",
            "height": "35",
            "identifier": "NANO"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/5802/aa9ea9b4ba62cb9d4a26d88f463667d79b9dcdf6.jpg",
            "width": "110",
            "height": "150",
            "identifier": "SMALL"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/5802/aa9ea9b4ba62cb9d4a26d88f463667d79b9dcdf6.jpg",
            "width": "55",
            "height": "75",
            "identifier": "TINY"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/5802/aa9ea9b4ba62cb9d4a26d88f463667d79b9dcdf6.jpg",
            "width": "879",
            "height": "1200",
            "identifier": "XLARGE"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "totalImages": 1
  },
  "objectSearchScore": 0.31905985,
  "opacObjectFieldSets": [
    {
      "identifier": "accession_no",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "12158"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "name",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "An organic architecture : the architecture of democracy / Frank Lloyd Wright",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "title",
              "value": "An organic architecture : the architecture of democracy / Frank Lloyd Wright"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "other_name",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "artist_last_first",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Wright, Frank Lloyd"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_date",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "2017",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "earliest_date",
              "value": "2017-01-01Z"
            },
            {
              "key": "latest_date",
              "value": "2017-12-31Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "edition",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "brief_desc",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": " May 1939, the celebrated American architect Frank Lloyd Wright visited London and gave four lectures at the Royal Institute of British Architects. The meetings were hailed at the time as the most remarkable events of recent architectural affairs in England, and the lectures were published as An Organic Architecture in September 1939 by Lund Humphries. The texts remain an important expression of the architect s core philosophy and are being reissued now in a new edition to commemorate the 150th anniversary in 2017 of Frank Lloyd Wright s birth. In the lectures, Frank Lloyd Wright covers a wide range of topics including his Usonian houses, his visions for the future of cities both in North America and elsewhere, particularly in Britain, Taliesin and the Johnson Waxworks factory, the then-imminent Second World War, and the Future . In doing so, his charismatic, flamboyant character leaps to life from the pages, not to mention his hugely creative intelligence, making these essays very enjoyable and entertaining.This new edition includes an insightful new essay by esteemed architectural historian, Professor Andrew Saint."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "measure_desc",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "credit_line",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "curr_loc_status",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Stored",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "curr_loc_status:\"Stored\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "ob_status",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Accessioned"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "lender",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_owner",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_type",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_start",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_expiry",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "object_type",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "object_type:\"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "collection",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Main Collection/Library",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "collection:\"Main Collection/Library\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "London/England"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "physical_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "104 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm."
        },
        {
          "value": "Includes bibliographical references and index."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "language",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "English"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "isbn_issn",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "9781848222328"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "user_sym_1",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "720.92 WRI"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "usual_loc_being",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Open Shelving/Library/Roundhouse Complex"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_class",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Architecture/Art/Arts",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Architecture/Art/Arts\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Architecture, Modern/Art/Arts",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Architecture, Modern/Art/Arts\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Modernism (Art)/Aesthetic movement (Art)/Art/Arts",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Modernism (Art)/Aesthetic movement (Art)/Art/Arts\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Lectures and lecturing/Public speaking/Oral communication/Communication/Sociology/Social sciences/Civilisation",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Lectures and lecturing/Public speaking/Oral communication/Communication/Sociology/Social sciences/Civilisation\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_date",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_event",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_period",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_object",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_person",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Frank Lloyd Wright (American, b.1867, d.1959)",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_person:\"Frank Lloyd Wright (American, b.1867, d.1959)\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_person",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_event",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_object",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "user_sym_9",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "relationshipsCollection": {
    "relationships": [
      {
        "relatedRecords": [
          {
            "slug": "frank-lloyd-wright",
            "title": "Frank Lloyd Wright",
            "relatedRecordId": "14067"
          }
        ],
        "relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person",
        "relatedRecordType": "person",
        "totalRelatedRecords": 1
      }
    ],
    "totalRelationships": 1
  }
}