As another summer ends, returning back to urban life is daunting; but, with chaos comes inspiration. I'm starting a series of lectures around my new book and the city's influence on Frank Lloyd Wright. Pick up a copy here: https://t.co/156DQMobTW #booklovers
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright decried New York as a carcass, parasite and "incongruous mantrap of monstrous dimensions." Yet the city offered him refuge as his personal life was in shambles. Here, a look at the important role the city played in his legacy.
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We asked architectural historian @AnthonyAlofsin to select a "personal canon" of influential texts. Check out our blog to see which six books he chose. https://t.co/qsVWwA90Jb via @Yale University Press Blog
Good news x 2 about Wright and New York by @anthonyalofsin (from the reviews: "highly readable," "immensely valuable," "illuminating") --> The paperback edition is out 11/17! And @anthonlyalofsin is giving a talk @WestcottHouse on 10/27 https://t.co/DgjSoH2Ajf #franklloydwright
We're re-upping last year's #ArchitectureDay tweet to regard some of our favorite arches at MacDowell, hopefully welcoming some new architects-in-residence soon!
Fascinating piece today on the last Neanderthals taking refuge on the Iberian Peninsula. The cover of my new book, Escape from Extinction, An Eco-Genetic Novel, is based on Gorham's Cave in Gibraltar. https://t.co/ZThvkUSmQt
WATCH LIVE NOW — @QnsNightMarket founder John Wang, co-author of "The World Eats Here" cookbook @stormgarner, and @ChinatownSoup director Timothy Hsu discuss how food and memory, just as art, bring people together. Tune in now: https://t.co/VHSBvrpzdN #AsiaSocietyLIVE
@FLWTrust For the original identifications, see Anthony Alofsin, " Frank Lloyd Wright's Fifty Views of Japan: The 1905 Photograph Album. Oak Park, Il.: Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation, Pomegranate Artbooks and Archetype Press, 1996.