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Aaron G. Green: Organic Architecture Beyond Frank Lloyd Wright
Aaron G. Green, FAIA, was an internationally known organic architect of “striking originality and grace.” His diversified architectural works include residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, judicial, religious, interment, mass housing, and educational projects. Aaron had a uniquely close relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright, serving as Wright’s West Coast representative for many years. When asked who Aaron was, Wright commented, “Aaron Green is my son.” This 448-page biography with over 700 images, including many previously unpublished drawings from the Aaron Green archives, encompasses just a fraction of the work and influence of Aaron’s life. This monograph showcases thirty-nine projects that encapsulate the essence of his drive – to create beautiful organic architecture true to the land, the building, and those who enjoy the spaces he created.
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Aaron G. Green: Organic Architecture Beyond Frank Lloyd Wright
Aaron G. Green, FAIA, was an internationally known organic architect of “striking originality and grace.” His diversified architectural works include residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, judicial, religious, interment, mass housing, and educational projects. Aaron had a uniquely close relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright, serving as Wright’s West Coast representative for many years. When asked who Aaron was, Wright commented, “Aaron Green is my son.” This 448-page biography with over 700 images, including many previously unpublished drawings from the Aaron Green archives, encompasses just a fraction of the work and influence of Aaron’s life. This monograph showcases thirty-nine projects that encapsulate the essence of his drive – to create beautiful organic architecture true to the land, the building, and those who enjoy the spaces he created.
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Aaron G. Green: Organic Architecture Beyond Frank Lloyd Wright

Aaron G. Green: Organic Architecture Beyond Frank Lloyd Wright

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Aaron G. Green, FAIA, was an internationally known organic architect of “striking originality and grace.” His diversified architectural works include residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, judicial, religious, interment, mass housing, and educational projects. Aaron had a uniquely close relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright, serving as Wright’s West Coast representative for many years. When asked who Aaron was, Wright commented, “Aaron Green is my son.” This 448-page biography with over 700 images, including many previously unpublished drawings from the Aaron Green archives, encompasses just a fraction of the work and influence of Aaron’s life. This monograph showcases thirty-nine projects that encapsulate the essence of his drive – to create beautiful organic architecture true to the land, the building, and those who enjoy the spaces he created.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781939621375
Publisher: ORO Editions
Publication date: 10/15/2017
Pages: 400
Product dimensions: 10.30(w) x 12.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Allan Wright Green is Aaron Green’s son. He has degrees in fine art and design, and has worked as a graphic designer and art director for clients all over the world, including several projects with his father.

Randolph C. Henning, a practicing architect living in Lewisville, North Carolina, is the author of The Architecture of Alfred Browning Parker, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin, and At Taliesin, along with numerous articles published in a variety of architectural journals.

Jan Novie joined Aaron Green’s firm in 1965. After Green’s passing, Jan became president of the firm. In addition, Jan serves as an advisor to the Taliesin Fellows Board of Directors and serves on the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Board of Advisors.

With foreword by architect, author, and historian, Alan Hess

Preface by the founder and longstanding director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer.

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2018 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal winner for Art & Photography books https://ibpa-online.site-ym.com/news/390365/30th-Annual-IBPA-Benjamin-Franklin-Awards.htm#art

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