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An organic architecture : the architecture of democracy / Frank Lloyd Wright

by Frank Lloyd Wright

Originally delivered at the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1939, these four lectures outline a core architectural philosophy and discuss projects such as Fallingwater. This edition includes a new essay providing historical context for the work.

Accession 12158 ISBN 9781848222328 Publisher Lund Humphries
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