Frank Lloyd Wright: An Autobiography

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Wright (1867-1959) went into seclusion in a Minnesota cabin to reflect and to record his life experiences. In 1932, the first edition of the Autobiography was published. It became a form of advertising, leading many readers to seek out the master architect--thirty apprentices came to live and learn at Taliesin, Wright's Wisconsin home/school/studio, under the master's tutelage. (By 1938, Taliesin West, in Arizona, was the winter location for Wright's school.)

The volume is divided into five sections devoted to family, fellowship, work, freedom, and form. Wright recalls his childhood, his apprenticeship with Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, the turmoil of his personal life, and the background to his greatest achievements, including Hollyhock House, the Prairie and the Usonian Houses, and the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.

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He delivers copious lectures along the way as well, provides a spirited defense of "free love," in regard to his notorious affair with Mamah Borthwick Cheney, and reinvents his childhood (in third person) to suit his image of himself. Wright was more obsessed with his legacy than anything else, and this book was his way of solidifying his reputation in a world that was being increasingly dominated by European modern architecture. It takes a tremendous amount of patience to make it through this book and unless you are determined to make the effort I would go for one of the many biographies, like Meryle Secrest's Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography or Robert Twombly's Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life and His Architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright was a great architect, but he was never a writer. This book is more a testimony of one man's enormous ego than it is an insightful look into his own life.

I decided to read this, after reading "Loving Frank" and getting a taste of what his life was like. I am an architect and I am familiar with most of Frank Loyd Wright's buildings but knew very little about his life. A heart felt book, that made me realise the importance of doing what you beieve in.

If you are interested in the creative process, this book is a great read. One can't get much closer to understanding his creative perspective, and why he chose to design certain projects the way he did. This book is actually my first study on this amazing man, so I can only guess how much of it is honest and how much he is deceiving himself. But one thing's for sure: it is truly fascinating.

the autobiography of Frank Loyd Wright it's a great story for everybody who's interested in passion for life. Not just for architects.