Frank Lloyd Wright Remembered (ISBN 0471143839)

Interview transcripts with many black and white photos:
"Frank Lloyd Wright Remembered" is a collection of previously published (or sometimes previously broadcasted) material, spanning from the late 1940's to the early 1980's. The book is broken down into six sections: -In His Own Words: FLW's Public Persona -Architects -Clients -Apprentices -Friends and Acquaintances -Family Each section consists of 30 to 50 pages of interviews with people who knew Frank Lloyd Wright. These transcripts usually relate a few anectdotes which grant us a candid glimpse of the architect at work. The majority of these stories are affectionate, frequently using the term "genius." Negative comments are rare. The majority of the book concentrates on Wright's later career (after the creation of Taliesen West). In fact, the largest section of the book is devoted to talks with past assistants from Taliesen West. The big plus to this insightful book are the number of photos. Plenty of pictures, some multiple views of the same home, are placed throughout the book. Also, whenever a home is mentioned in the text - the editor kindly includes a page number footnote, so the reader can flip to the appropriate page, and see the structure the interviewee is talking about. "Frank Lloyd Wright Remembered" is an excellent introductory book to the noted architect. It consists of many anecdotes, some silly: (like Wright's habit of placing a grand piano in every living room design he made), and some quite serious: (Wright, when asked about the future of his work after his death - he thought a while and said 'I don't know. I really don't know.') Sometimes informative, always entertaining. This book's a fun, relatively quick read.