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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

PLATES 4 and 5 (right) Frank Lloyd Wright’s Own House and Studio, Oak Park, Chicago, Illinois 1889–1909

tough assignment at all times, and especially for those architects who have genuine ambitions to provide an aesthetically satisfying, structurally sound, and functionally effective solution. It must be admitted that most architecture falls short of these criteria, relying on precedent, ignorance, or fear, but for the few, it is the artistic element that is the most difficult and important, particularly at this time when there are so many other professionals ready to assist the architect in the technical elements of his or her work.

visually and emotionally satisfying or otherwise. What makes the difference is not usually its practical effectiveness, which may now usually be assumed, but the qualities that makes it art—its aesthetic dimension. In brief, architecture is a technically efficient art. It will therefore be apparent that creating architecture is a

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