The Wright Experience reviewed by Trevor Dannatt RA in the journal of the Twentieth Century Society
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Written by Sara Hunt   
Monday, 19 January 2009 22:39

We are delighted to see a review of The Wright Experience in the journal of the Twentieth Century Society for Winter 2008/2009 by Trevor Dannatt, President of the society, Royal Academician, architect, writer and art collector. Excerpts from the review are below.

"A new production which provides a good introduction to the life, thoughts and works of ‘The Master’ and should have great appeal to the interested layperson as well as to the architect. I sought the right adjective … sumptuous … it is well done and the original photography by Balthazar Korab carries all before it.
   It provides a wide coverage and an appopriate overview of the man and the life with a stronger emphasis on the domestic work. …
 
   Most useful is the seven-page timeline, which reveals the prodigious Wright output over some 68 years, while the 154 picture-packed pages reveal the man’s versatility and architectural imagination.…
… The profound spatial understanding, three-dimensional beyond measure is brought to light in many of the superb illustrations…
   The Wright Experience in its photography offers an almost authentic hapticity. Some of the full-page spreads, for instance, are ravishing…
    It is lush, a generous book of serious intent and a fitting celebration, well produced and well worth the cost of a modest meal for one in a good restaurant."

 

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