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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 976
EAN: 9780738552798
ISBN: 0738552798
Label: Arcadia Publishing
Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: October 17, 2007
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date: October 22, 2007
Studio: Arcadia Publishing
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Product Description:
As small Florida Southern College embarked upon an ambitious building program in the 1930s, the serendipitous arrival of Frank Lloyd Wright transformed the future of the school. Pres. Ludd Myrl Spivey was a leader with limitless imagination, and he realized the virtue in bringing an architect of Wrights renown to Lakeland. Wrights first visit to the lakeside campus was in 1938. He envisioned a grand 18-unit Child of the Sun campus, where buildings would grow from the Florida sand into the light. The buildings are especially suited to the landscape and are connected thematically by a series of covered walkways Wright called the Esplanade. Over the next 20 years, 12 of these unique structures were constructed at Florida Southern, and today they comprise the worlds largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wrights work. The campus attracts thousands of visitors annually, and preservation and restoration projects are ongoing. The Florida Southern College Architectural District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
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The author knows a lot about the campus and the pictures are amazing but there is no sense of FLW's plan or philosophy. There is a hard to see hand drawing of the positions of the buildings but this book does not give a good idea of how these buildings relate to each other. Lots of small details but no feeling for the whole. It sounds like the building materials used did not hold up well to the Florida conditions so a lot of the details are gone.
I would have liked more information ... Read More
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Abbye A. Gorin, Ph.D., review of Images of America series, The Buildings Of Frank Lloyd Wrigt At Florida Southern College by Randall M. MacDonald, Nora E. Galbraith, and James G. Rogers Jr., Aradia Publishing 2007, 211 photographs, 127 pages.
The Buildings Of Frank Lloyd Wright At Florida Southern College is a visual analysis of the largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright's work. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Located in Lakeland, ... Read More
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The collaborative work of Randall M. MacDonald (Interim Director of Roux Library at Florida Southern College), Nora E. Galbraith (Florida Southern College librarian), and James G. Rogers Jr. (Professor of Art and Art History at Florida Southern College and an expert in Wright-designed buildings, "The Buildings Of Frank Lloyd Wright At Florida Southern College" focuses on what is the largest single-site collection of the famed (and controversial) American architect's unique structures. Profusely illustrated ... Read More
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This book has many interesting facts and great written content. It also features many photos of construction that I've never seen before (and I am a FLW fan so I've seen many). My only complaint is that I wish the book was larger - the photos could have been much better in a larger format. I understand that the smaller format allowed for a reduced price point, but for someone like me, I prefer larger format so I can really examine the imagery.
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My only comment for this book is that the cover states that the book contains "15 historic postcards". This is entirely misleading and inaccurate. They are postcards made by Arcadia in modern day from historic photographic snapshot images. Unfortunately, there are some fine vintage RPPC's of the Frank Lloyd Wright designed buildings at Florida Southern College that the authors could have included but, for whatever reason, didn't. The book is worth the purchase, but don't if you expect "historic postcards".
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