Usonia, New York : building a community with Frank Lloyd Wright / Roland Reisley with John Timpane ; foreword by Martin Filler.

Main entry:

Reisley, Roland, 1924-

Title & Author:

Usonia, New York : building a community with Frank Lloyd Wright / Roland Reisley with John Timpane ; foreword by Martin Filler.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

xviii, 172 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Dreaming of Usonia -- Going forward -- Building Usonia -- A community at last -- Working with Frank Lloyd Wright -- Reorganizing the cooperative -- David Henken: our Moses -- Community life and activities -- Usonia revisited -- Epiloge. Frank Lloyd Wright and the Reisley House.

Summary:

"Usonia, New York tells the story of a group of idealistic men and women who, following World War II, enlisted Frank Lloyd Wright to design and help them build a cooperative utopian community near Pleasantville, New York. Through both historic memorabilia and contemporary color photographs, this book reveals the still-thriving community founded on concepts in his Broadacre City proposals. Over the years, thousands of architects, scholars, planners, and students have visited the community, but no book has yet appeared on this remarkable story. Reisley, one of the early members of Usonia (and still a resident), has written the first full account to illuminate the events, problems, and passions of a democratic group of people creating a community with America's most famous - and most famously outspoken - architect." "Usonia, New York features Wright's famous drawings of the plan of Usonia; stories of Wright's designs for the Friedman (Toyhill), Serlin, Miller, and Auerbach houses; photos by Pedro Guerrero of Wright's early visits to the community; the author's recollections of building his own home with Wright; and an illustrated index of the forty-seven homes that make up Usonia."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

1568982453
9781568982458

Subject:

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Criticism and interpretation.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Critique et interprétation.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, (1867-1959) Critique et interprétation.
Wright, Frank Lloyd / Usonian house.
Usonian houses New York (State) Pleasantville.
Utopias New York (State) Pleasantville History.
Architecture, Domestic New York (State) Pleasantville.
Architecture, Domestic New York (State) Pleasantville 20th century.
Usonian houses New York (État) Pleasantville.
Utopies New York (État) Pleasantville Histoire.
Architecture domestique New York (État) Pleasantville 20e siècle.
Architecture, Domestic.
Usonian houses.
Utopias.
Utopias New York (State) Pleasantville.
Architects United States 20th century.
New York (State) Pleasantville.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Added entries:

Timpane, John Philip.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 217673
Call No.: NA44.W949.23 R4 2001
Status: Available

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