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Reminder: Iannelli Project Needs Your Help!

Just a reminder to PrairieMod readers: a couple weeks ago I put out a call for artwork, photos, letters, and other related items associated with the Iannelli Studios.

I'm currently working on the design of a new book project: the first comprehensive monograph on Alfonso Iannelli and the Iannelli Studios that is slated to be published later this year.

To make the book a success (both for content and visually) I'm reaching out to PrairieMod readers to see if anyone has Iannelli-related photos, drawings, artwork, letters, etc. that they'd be willing to share hi-res images of for possible inclusion in the book.

Thanks to those that have responded already! I've gotten some great leads already and some generous offers.

If you have such items, please contact me at eric@prairiemod.com and I'll be happy to discuss the project and your Iannelli items with you in more detail.

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Calling All Iannelli Fans: I Need Your Help!

Exciting news for anyone who loves progressive art and design!

I'm currently working on the design of a new book project: the first comprehensive monograph on Alfonso Iannelli and the Iannelli Studios that is slated to be published later this year.

To make the book a success (both for content and visually) I'm reaching out to PrairieMod readers to see if anyone has Iannelli-related photos, drawings, artwork, letters, etc. that they'd be willing to share hi-res images of for possible inclusion in the book.

If you have such items, please contact me at eric@prairiemod.com and I'll be happy to discuss the project and your Iannelli items with you in more detail.

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Wright's Religious Architecture Q & A

Here's a link to a question and answer interview on Frank Lloyd Wright's religious architecture with Joseph Siry, author of the new book on Wright's Beth Sholom Synagogue. Read it here.

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The Reviews Are In

Mark Hertzberg has posted a bevvy of new reviews over at his blog, Wright in Racine. They include reviews of Patrick Mahoney's new book about the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Davidson House; Randy Henning's 2011 book about Alfred Browning Parker's work; Roland Reisley's 2001 "Usonia" book, and a link to a demo of Tim Sakamoto's iPad app. Read them all here.

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Book Illuminates Beth Sholom

Here's a link to an article about the new book written by Wright-historian Joseph M. Siry titled Beth Sholom Synagogue: Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern Religious Architecture that details and lavishly illustrates the story of Wright's only executed synagogue design. Read more here.

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Alfred Browning Parker's Floyd House For Sale

Scott T. sends a link to the listing for Alfred Browning Parker's Floyd House (1968) in Ann Arbor, MI. This stunning home is a masterpiece of Organic Architecture and isn't located too far from Frank Lloyd Wright's Palmer House. Check out the full listing here.

If you want to learn more about Alfred Browning Parker's life and works, I highly recommend picking up a copy of the new book, The Architecture of Alfred Browning Parker: Miami's Maverick Modernist, by Randolph C. Henning. Get your copy here.

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Leave No Stone Unturned

Here's a link to an article from the Litchfield Country Times about architect and author, Hicks Stone, who has recently come out with a book about his famous architect father, Edward Durell Stone. Read the article here.

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A Taste Of Taliesin West

As part of the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Taliesin West, the Taliesin Fellowship is sharing some of its favorite and more unusual recipes in a commemorative cookbook titled A Taste of Taliesin West. Order your copy from the Taliesin West museum store here.

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Architect Bob Broward In The News

Here's a link to an article at jacksonville.com about prolific Taliesin-trained architect, Bob Broward and his book chronicling his family's history in Florida. Read it here.

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A Look At LA's Early Moderns

Here's a link to an article on kcet.org (with loads of great photos) that reviews the book LA's Early Moderns. Check out the article and pics here.

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Saving Wright Review

Mark Hertzberg's Wright in Racine website has a review of the recently published book, Saving Wright: The Freeman House and the Preservation of Meaning, Materials, and Modernity by Jeffrey M. Chusid. Read it here.

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Frank Lloyd Wright, Art Collector

Another Wright-related item I came across yesterday that I'm eagerly awaiting is the release of Dr. Anthony Alofsin's new book, Frank Lloyd Wright, Art Collector: Secessionist Prints from the Turn of the Century, set to be released from the University of Texas Press on April 1, 2012. The book examines the impact of the recently discovered personal collection of Secessionist art prints (acquired by Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Borthwick Cheney during their controversial trip to Europe in 1909-1910) on Wright's tastes and work. Read more details about this intriguing forthcoming book here.

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Pleasantville Resnick For Sale

Speaking of Aaron Resnick, I came across another one of his Usonian homes for sale, this time in the unique Pleasantville, NY community he helped shape—Usonia Homes. See the listing here. If you want to learn more about this fascinating community and its ties to Frank Lloyd Wright, make sure you pick up a copy of Usonia, New York: Building a Community with Frank Lloyd Wright by original Wright home owner, Roland Reisley. Get a copy here.

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Van Zanten On Mahony

Here's a link to an article from The Canberra Times about American author and professor, David Van Zanten, and his new book Marion Mahony Reconsidered. Read more here.

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Read About Wright's Davidson House

Patrick J. Mahoney, AIA, NCARB and President of Graycliff Conservancy Inc. gave us the heads-up that his new book on Frank Lloyd Wright is just in from the printers. The book is titled Frank Lloyd Wright’s Walter V. Davidson house: An Examination of a Buffalo Home and Its Cousins from Coast to Coast. Learn more after the jump...

Wright Books For Sale

Former Taliesin Apprentice, Quinn Schipper, wanted PrairieMod readers to know that he has an extensive selection of Frank Lloyd Wright-related books for sale at his website. Check out the offerings here.

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Book Review: Under Arizona Skies & Frank Lloyd Wright Quotations

Good things come in small packages. That adage turns out to be doubly true with respect to two new Frank Lloyd Wright-related books recently published by Pomegranate: Under Arizona Skies: The Apprentice Desert Shelters at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer and Victor Sidy and Frank Lloyd Wright on Architecture, Nature, and the Human Spirit: A Collection of Quotations edited by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer. Read more about each of them after the jump...

Alfred Browning Parker's Fabled Florida Architecture

Monday brings a few other Alfred Browning Parker news items to share. First is a link to an nbcmiami.com interview with author Randolph C. Henning about his new book on the architect. Read the interview here.

Additionally, if you want to see some of Alfred Browning Parker's works in person, then check out Tours d'Art's Miami-bound trip January 26-30, 2012. More info here. Thanks to John C. for the link.

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Book Review: The Architecture Of Alfred Browning Parker

Unless you are deeply interested in Organic design and are steeped in the history of America's important Modernist architects, it is a sad fact that you probably have not heard of Alfred Browning Parker. Luckily, the new book by Randolph C. Henning, The Architecture of Alfred Browning Parker: Miami's Maverick Modernist, places the life, philosophy and work of this mid-twentieth-century architectural icon squarely into the spot light where it belongs. Read more after the jump...

Alfred Browning Parker Book Events

If you're in Florida and have not already picked-up your copy of Randolph C. Henning's new book, The Architecture of Alfred Browning Parker: Miami's Maverick Modernist, then here's your chance to get one and meet the author at two book signing events scheduled for next week. Details after the jump...

Susan Lawrence: The Enigma In The Wright House

There's a new book out about one of Frank Lloyd Wright's early clients, the independent and complex Susan Dana Lawrence, whose home in Springfield, IL is one of the finest examples of Prairie School architecture in the world. Find out more on the book here and details of an upcoming author signing here.

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New Beth Sholom Book Coming

Author and historian, Joseph M. Siry has a new book coming out about Frank Lloyd Wright's Beth Sholom Synagogue in Elkins Park, PA. Read a description here. If you go to the upcoming FLW Building Conservancy conference in Philadelphia this year, you'll be able to see this remarkable building in person. Details here.

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Alfred Browning Parker Book Special

Good news! The new book by author Randolph C. Henning, The Architecture of Alfred Browning Parker: Miami’s Maverick Modernist, is going to be available earlier than what had been anticipated. It is due into the University Press of Florida’s warehouse late this month and will be immediately available for purchase. The bookstores, Amazon.com, etc. won’t have it available for probably several weeks later.

However, the University Press of Florida is offering a pre-publication discount of $15 off the listed retail purchase price of $50, if ordered directly from them. Use the PDF order form from the link below to get your early discounted copy!

Download ABP Flyer - INDIVIDUALS

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Frank's Home: The Book

Theatre Communications Group recently announced the publication of Frank's Home, a play written by Richard Nelson about Frank Lloyd Wright's life and faltering career in 1923. Read more about it here and get your reading copy here.

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Bruce's New Book

Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Taliesin Fellow, author and director at the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives has an exciting new book on the way titled Frank Lloyd Wright Designs: The Sketches, Plans, and Drawings. The website, dexigner.com, has the low-down on it in this post.

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Modern Master Dan Duckham

The Summer 2011 issue of Modernism Magazine is a must get for lovers of Organic Architecture. Author and architect Randolph C. Henning has written an excellent article about Dan Duckham, a mid-20th century American architect inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright. The article is a compelling read and is loaded with fantastic photos of Duckham's exquisite work. Read a virtual version of the article here at Modernism's website and then get a hard copy to enjoy more.

If you enjoyed the article, then make sure to read Mr. Henning's other books on architecture, especially his newest about Taliesin Historic Postcards. Get it here.

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A Celebration Of Modernism

The Boston Globe recently featured a new book on New England Modern architecture titled, Tomorrow’s Houses. Read more about it here.

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Taschen Books At The Art Institute

Taschen Books and the Art Institute of Chicago have struck up a special relationship. The Museum will house the first Taschen-dedicated "shop within a shop" of its kind. Read more about it here.

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Photographer's Fallingwater

Here's a link to an article on photographer Christopher Little, whose images of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater appear in the book titled appropriately enough, Fallingwater, which was recently released by Rizzoli. Read more here.

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Randolph C. Henning Talks Talieisn

There are two chances to catch author and architect Randolph C. Henning this week in Wisconsin discussing his new book on historic postcards of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin. The first chance is on Thursday May, 26, 2011 at 7:00pm at the Barnes & Noble at West Towne Mall (7433 Mineral Point Road) in Madison, WI. The second chance is on Saturday May 28, 2011 at 7:00 at Taliesin's Hillside Theater (6604 Hwy. 23, Spring Green, WI). Details here.

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Book Review: Reveal: Studio Gang Architects

Reveal: Studio Gang Architects is as unique a monograph as the architecture firm it highlights. I've been a fan of Jeanne Gang and the talented crew at her Studio ever since I heard her speak at a Unity Temple lecture. Jeanne spoke and presented numerous slides depicting the amazing variety of work the Studio completed to date. With her award-winning "Aqua" skyscraper waiting to open, Jeanne Gang was still relatively unknown beyond Chicago. After hearing her speak, though, I was hungry to learn more and wished that a monograph of her work existed.

Luckily, when I recently sat down to finally absorb this book, published by Princeton Architectural Press, I was not disappointed. Read more after the jump...

Grand Obsessions Wins Grand Prize

Australian author, Alasdair McGregor, was awarded the $20,000 2011 National Biography Award for his book Grand Obsessions: The Life and Work of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin. Read about it here.

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Sullivan's Idea Book Coming...

If you had a chance to visit the fantastic Louis Sullivan exhibit this last year at the Chicago Cultural Center titled "Louis Sullivan's Idea" then you know how fantastic it was. I've been eagerly awaiting the catalog put together by Tim Samuelson and artist Chris Ware, but have not heard when it was supposed to be released. Thanks to a Chicago Magazine article on artist Chris Ware, we have some tantalizing news. More after the jump...

Wordless Wonder

The new issue of HOW magazine had a little article about woodcut artist, Lynd Ward and the new 2-volume boxed set of wordless novels featuring his expressive illustrations from The Library of America, a nonprofit publisher dedicated to preserving America's most significant books. Learn more about lynd here and about the boxed set here.

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Taliesin Postcards Lecture And Book Signing

Taliesin Preservation, Inc. is pleased to host a lecture and book signing with Randolph C. Henning, a Frank Lloyd Wright enthusiast and architect from Lewisville, North Carolina. This event will take place on Saturday, May 28th at 7:00 p.m. in Wright’s historic Hillside Theater on the Taliesin Estate, located on State Hwy. 23, south of Spring Green, Wisconsin. More after the jump...

Book Shelf Inspiration

Patty M. sent a link to a list of 20 very creative ideas for storing books. See the crazy and inspired book shelves here.

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New NYC Architecture & Design Book Store

If you're in the NYC area, check out Van Alen Books, "New York City's new center for architecture and design publications, where books are read, sold, discovered, and discussed." Looks like their opening party last week was a big success. There's a public reading room on the sixth floor for browsing.

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Wendingen Has Wow Factor

A rare, complete run of the influential Dutch architecture and design magazine, Wendingen, is being offered by Ars Libri Ltd. Check out this blog post with details and lots of images here.

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Goff In Oklahoma

Nelson Brackin of the Friends of Kebyar send a reminder that anyone visiting the fantastic Bruce Goff exhibit at the Price Tower in Bartlesville, OK might want to check out the rest of Goff's work in the state. If so, then definitely order the Bruce Goff Oklahoma Guide issue of the Friends of Kebyar Journal here.

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Book Review: Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, Illustrated By Vintage Postcards

2011 is an important milestone year for Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's home in Spring Green, Wisconsin: The 100th anniversary of the home's creation. In the century that has passed, the "Shining Brow" has seen its share of triumphs, tragedies and transformations. Even though there have been many books written about Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin over the years, there is still so much we don't know about what is arguably the Architect's most personal creation. Luckily, Randolph C. Henning has released a new book that helps dispel some of the fog surrounding the iconic building through an unlikely medium: historic postcards. Read more after the jump...

Sarah Vowell At Unity Temple

Author, radio personality and Pixar film voice actor, Sarah Vowell, will be at Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple on April 6, 2011 from 7-9:30 pm discussing and signing her book, Unfamiliar Fishes. The event is FREE! More details here.

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SAMARA Back In Print

The John E. Christian Family Memorial Trust, Inc. has reprinted the book, Frank Lloyd Wright’s SAMARA: Winged Seeds of Indiana, by Wallace J. Rogers, PhD. The publication is made possible through a generous grant from North Central Health Services (NCHS) and the support of the Tippecanoe Arts Federation. The book details the story of the Christians and their journey to a Wright designed home as well as details about Wright’s designs and history. The books are available at the Christian House, 1301 Woodland Avenue, West Lafayette, IN and the Friends of the West Lafayette Public Library, 208 W. Columbia Street, West Lafayette, IN. The price is $20.00. Visit the SAMARA website for more details.

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Nickel And Sullivan In Park Ridge

The Park Ridge Historical Society presents a program on historic preservation at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10, when guest speaker Ward Miller lectures on a Preservation Snapshot: the Legacy of Richard Nickel and The Complete Architecture of Adler and Sullivan. This program takes place in the Great Room of the Park Ridge Nonprofit Center, 720 Garden Street and is FREE. More details after the jump...

Taliesin — In Postcards

Wright in Racine's Mark Hertzberg offers up a review of the new book, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin - Illustrated by Vintage Postcards by Randolph C. Henning. Read the review here and order the book here.

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Photo Tales Of Taliesin

Here's a link to an interesting article by Ron McCrea reviewing Randolph C. Henning's new book of historic images of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin and also covering the recent acquisition of rare Taliesin photos by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Read it here.

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Wright In Racine In Milwaukee

Mark Hertzberg will be giving his "Wright in Racine" talk followed by a book signing Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 1:30 pm at the Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum. More details here.

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Alexander Weekend Tickets Now On Sale

Mod Lovers rejoice: Alexander Weekend tickets for March 25-27, 2011 are now on sale! The AW multi-pass option offers a particularly great value and includes entry to the limited-attendance Friday night cocktail party and two full days of modernist house tours. Also available is the Alexander Weekend tribute journal, by Palm Springs Preservation Foundation board member and architect James Harlan and graphic designer Gary Wexler. Each home tour-goer will receive a copy of the 60-page tribute journal as part of their tour ticket purchase. For a detailed schedule and ticket information visit the PSPF website.

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Book Reviews: Pauson House And Louis Sullivan

March comes roaring-in like a lion with two fantastic new books released from Pomegranate—Building The Pauson House by Allan Wright Green and Louis Sullivan: Creating a New American Architecture by Patrick F. Cannon with photography by James Caulfield. I had a chance to pore over each book and offer-up my thoughts for PrairieMod readers. Read the reviews after the jump...

Remembering Weese

Chicago Tonight recently featured architect Harry Weese, who fought to save Chicago from urban blight. He gave the city some of its most famous buildings, and then was almost forgotten. Learn more about the life and work of Harry Weese in this new book and through this article in Chicago Magazine.

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This Just In!

I just recieved word that Ward Miller and John Vinci will be speaking about the new book, The Complete Architecture of Adler and Sullivan, at 10:30am tomorrow, Wednesday, February 16, at the AIA-Chicago office for the Women’s Architectural League. Ward will also be speaking the following day at the Chicago Cultural Center on Thursday, February 17 at 12:15 in the Claudia Cassidy Auditorium for Landmarks Illinois, formerly Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois-LPCI.
 
The book will be available for purchase at both events as well as at the Richard Nickel Committee office. Other bookstores that carry the book include the Chicago Architecture Foundation, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Glessner House and the Charnley-Persky House. More book details here.

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