Competition Drawings from the Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright

Published by Wilkerson & Hughes, LLC
11 Pages plus covers
Wire Bound Cover Stock Card covers with 24 lb Natural Cream pages
8.5"wide x 11"high
ISBN 978-1-926517-05-6

After FLW abandoned his wife and children in 1909, there were no major architectural commissions until 1916 due to wide spread condemnation across the USA. Very few residential designs were built during that time. Until 1930, there were national residential design competitions with large prize awards. This book contains drawings discovered in 4 different Residential Drawing competitions between 1913 and 1918. None of these designs have FLW's official name on the entry forms, however his Drafting Superintendent's name was used on several. If you examine the drawings closely, you will see FLW's unique private "Graphic Signature". Architects of his generation all had a unique Graphic they penciled onto every drawing. His graphic is a box with external outline. Over his entire career, FLW made slight changes from a penciled box to a red box, yet it remained on his drawings unto the end. Of course, the drawing and design style are unmistakable.

The booklet pages contain high resolution black line drawings on natural cream paper. The original large scale pencil drawings have faded over the years. Our publishing company developed a unique computer program to restore the line weight and density to make the original drawings look almost as good as the day they were drawn. Books are shipped First Class USPS in a padded envelope.

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