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Why is Frank Lloyd Wright Forgiven All?

by James Russell on August 4, 2014 - Get free updates on posts here

James S. Russell

Frank Lloyd Wright was a mess. His personal life — the wives, the mistresses, the abandoned children, the crazed servant who set a tragic fire . . . . How did he ever get something like 300 buildings designed even over an extraordinarily long lifetime? His utter certainty and arrogance were usually ill-disguised. He sometimes under-engineered his buildings (even when his innovations were ahead of their time). His indifference to leaks and upwardly spiraling budgets was infamous And yet, in … [Read more...]

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James S. Russell is an architecture critic, journalist, teacher and consultant. He's the author of the book, The Agile City, and has written for publications like Architectural Record, Bloomberg News, NY Times and more. Continue reading

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