Architectural Excursions: Frank Lloyd Wright, Holland and Europe (Contributions to the Study of Art and Architecture)

272 Pages·2000·19.47 MB·English

by  Donald L. Johnson

ARCHITECTURAL
EXCURSIONS
Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Jan Wils, Architect, 1926-28. Main entrance. As published
in Architectural Forum (February 1929).
ARCHITECTURAL
EXCURSIONS
Frank Lloyd Wright,
Holland and Europe
Donald Langmead
and Donald Leslie Johnson
Foreword by Niels L Prak
Contributions to the Study of Art and Architecture, Number 6
GREENWOOD PRESS
Westport, Connecticut • London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Langmead, Donald.
Architectural excursions : Frank Lloyd Wright, Holland and Europe / Donald
Langmead and Donald Leslie Johnson ; foreword by Niels L. Prak.
p. cm. — (Contributions to the study of art and architecture, ISSN 1058-9120 ; no. 6)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-313-30567-6 (alk. paper)
1. Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959—Influence. 2. Architecture—Europe. 3.
Architecture, Modern—20th century—Europe. I. Johnson, Donald Leslie. II. Title. III.
Series.
NA737.W7L36 2000
720,.94,0904—dc21 99-059467
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ISBN: 0-313-30567-6
ISSN: 1058-9120
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Copyright Acknowledgments
The authors and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission for use of the following material:
Excerpts from texts by Frank Lloyd Wright. Copyright © The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
Every reasonable effort has been made to trace the owners of copyright materials in this book, but
in some instances this has proven impossible. The authors and publisher will be glad to receive in
formation leading to more complete acknowledgments in subsequent printings of the book and in
the meantime extend their apologies for any omissions.
This book is dedicated to
David, Rhiannon,
Bethany and Emma Bowshall
and
Samuel Wayne Williams,
Robert Smith, now in Geelong,
Vera Corkery, now in London,
and, in memoriam, Peter Corkery.
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Contents
Illustrations ix
Foreword by Niels tuning Prak xiii
Preface XV
Chapter 1 Fin de Siecle Turmoil 1
Chapter 2 Discovery 9
Chapter 3 Immediate Reaction 25
Chapter 4 Insights: Jan Wils 39
Chapter 5 Serious Looks, Passing Glances 55
Chapter 6 Wijdeveld: A Bright Prospect 81
Chapter 7 Wijdeveld: Eye to Eye 91
Chapter 8 The Show 107
Chapter 9 Turnings 119
Chapter 10 Fellowship 129
Chapter 11 Many Fellowships 147
Chapter 12 Wijdeveld in America 161
Chapter 13 Sixty Years of Living Architecture 173
Chapter 14 Retrospection 183
Appendix A Some Wright-Influenced Buildings in The Netherlands 189
Appendix B Wright to Wijdeveld, 21 October 1947 195
Appendix C Wijdeveld's An International Guild, Santpoort, 1931 199
Appendix D The Taliesin Fellowship Constitution, 1932 207
Notes 211
Bibliography 235
Index of Personal Names 241
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Illustrations
Figure 1.1 Darwin D. Martin and George Barton houses, Buffalo, New 2
York, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect.
Figure 1.2 Ford Plant, Highland Park/Detroit, Michigan, Albert Kahn, 6
Architect, with Edward Grey.
Figure 2.1 Winslow Stables, River Forest, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, 11
Architect.
Figure 2.2 Studio additions to the architect's house, Oak Park, Illinois, 12
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect.
Figure 2.3 River Forest Golf Clubhouse, River Forest, Illinois, Frank 13
Lloyd Wright, Architect.
Figure 2.4 Larkin Company Administration Building, Buffalo, New York, 14
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect.
Figure 2.5 Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Archi- 16
tect.
Figure 2.6 Midway Gardens, Chicago, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, 24
Architect.
Figure 3.1 Robie house, Chicago, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. 29
Figure 3.2 First Church of Christ, Scientist, The Hague, The Netherlands, 32
H.P. Berlage, Architect.
Figure 3.3 The Municipal Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands, H.P. 33
Berlage, Architect.
Figure 3.4 Plan schematics of some of Wright's buildings prior to 1911 35
compared with some of Le Corbusier's houses 1913-1917.
Figure 3.5 Yahara Boathouse for Cudworth Beye, Madison, Wisconsin, 36
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect.