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"This is the first thorough guide to the design and history of ""Kentuck,"" a splendid mountain house in southwestern Pennsylvania designed in 1953-1954 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Inspired by Fallingwater, the famous house only seven miles away that Wright designed above the waterfalls of Bear Run, local businessman I. N. Hagan and his wife, Bernardine, commissioned the 86-year-old Wright to design this home. Kentuck, constructed on an isolated knoll, or knob, is now owned by Lord Palumbo of London and is open for public tours. This vivid account tells the story of how the house came to be, detailing the many complexities faced by the Hagans—from the delights and difficulties in dealing with Wright to the problems with topography and architectual plans. In fulfilling Wright's vision, the Hagans and their contractor managed to construct a building of great beauty, dignity, and serenity. More than fifty photographs, drawings, and diagrams accompany a detailed descriptive text to illustrate how the peculiarities of the plan, based on the equilateral triangle, resulted in a house that generates countless vistas, indoors and out, and spatial effects of great charm and intimacy. Frank Lloyd Wright's House on Kentuck Knob brings to life an unusual work of residential architecture. It is the perfect introduction to Kentuck, and for those who have visited there, a lovely reminder of this luminous but modest house."

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Author:   Donald Hoffmann
Publisher:   University of Pittsburgh Press
Imprint:   University of Pittsburgh Press
Dimensions:   Width: 20.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 20.50cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9780822941194

ISBN 10:   0822941198
Pages:   112
Publication Date:   18 May 2000
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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"Frank Lloyd Wright's House on Kentuck Knob is splendidly written; simple, alive, and captivating. Donald Hoffmann draws the reader right into the adventure of how Mr. and Mrs. Hagan acquired the site and got Wright, by then a quirky octogenarian, to design the building. Clearly the book, with all its illustrations, will be a steady seller for visitors who combine visits to Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob.-- ""David Lewis, Carnegie Mellon University"" [This book] vividly recounts the story of how the house came to be, detailing the many complexities faced by the Hagans--from the delights and difficulties in with Wright to the problems with topography, architectural plans, and the siting of the mountain retreat.-- ""Pennsylvania Heritage"" Hoffmann, an authority on Wright, details the many complexities involved in building the house (including problems dealing with Wright and unresolved issues in the plans) and discusses important features of the house itself.-- ""Reference and Research Book News, February 2001"" The first full-fledged guide to this remote mountain house below Pittsburgh and near the renowned, no less isolated, Wright-designed Fallingwater.-- ""The Potomac Reader"""

[This book] vividly recounts the story of how the house came to be, detailing the many complexities faced by the Hagans-- from the delights and difficulties in with Wright to the problems with topography, architectural plans, and the siting of the mountain retreat. <br> --Pennsylvania Heritage

[This book] vividly recounts the story of how the house came to be, detailing the many complexities faced by the Hagans-- from the delights and difficulties in with Wright to the problems with topography, architectural plans, and the siting of the mountain retreat. --Pennsylvania Heritage

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Donald Hoffmann served as art and architecture critic for the Kansas City Star from 1965 to 1990, was assistant editor of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians from 1970 to 1972, and is the author of seven books on the architecture of Fr

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