Frank Lloyd Wright & Lewis Mumford
Subtitle: Thirty Years of Correspondence
Contributors: Bruce B. Pfeiffer (Editor); Robert Wojtowicz (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: November 26, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781568982915
Subjects: Individual architects; Letters; Architecture; 1895-; United States; Biography / Autobiography; Individual Architect; Correspondence; Artists, Architects, Photographers; Architecture / General; Frank Lloyd Wright; Lewis Mumford; Mumford, Lewis; Non-Classifiable; Wright, Frank Lloyd; Wright, Frank Lloyd,; 1867-1959; Mumford, Lewis,; 1895-1990; Architects
First sentence: When Frank Lloyd Wright sent his first letter to Lewis Mumford in August 1926, the former was a world-renowned architect in mid-career, plagued by a series of personal and financial setbacks, while the letter was an on-the-rise cultural critic, eager to stake out a wide intellectual terrain.