A brand new hardcover book is coming in December 2008 that covers the complete story of how Wright's Modern Masterpiece, Unity Temple, was born. Learn all about it after the jump...
The Noble Room's publisher, Top Five Books, sent us the following info from their press release:
“Unity Temple makes an entirely new architecture and is the first expression of it.That is my contribution to modern architecture, and that, to me, is modern architecture.” —Frank Lloyd Wright
Early on the morning of June 4, 1905, lightning struck the steeple of Unity Church in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, igniting a fire that would raze the building to the ground. The Unitarian congregation suddenly needed a home and turned to local architect Frank Lloyd Wright for a new approach.
Thus begins the story of a watershed moment in the career of the world’s most influential architect and in the history of twentieth-century architecture and design. With Wright’s execution of Unity Temple, the ideas he’d been working on and experimenting with for years were finally brought to fruition, and modern design was born.
The Noble Room tells the complete story of how this landmark building went from blueprints to construction to dedication, drawing on a wealth of primary research and including more than 40 black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Author David M. Sokol poured more than 20 years of research into The Noble Room and uncovers a dramatic story— much of which turns out to be at odds with the accepted story of how Wright himself described the process. Anyone with an interest in architecture or in Frank Lloyd Wright—or indeed anyone who’s ever had an addition put on to their house or a kitchen remodeled—will be caught up in the story of the tumultuous, chaotic creation of this modern masterpiece that comes to life in The Noble Room.
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Now this is exciting news and just in time for the momentous Centennial of this most important American building! Follow the link to learn more and to order your copy.
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