Architecture's Odd Couple: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson
- ISBN-10
- 1620403757
- ISBN-13
- 9781620403754
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 333
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-05-24
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Author
- Hugh Howard
Description
A vibrant dual portrait that chronicles the lives of and volatile relationship between the two most iconic figures in American architecture: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson.
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