Waiting for the Site to Show Up. Henry Luce Makes Frank Lloyd Wright America’s Greatest Architect

Henry Luce, owner of “Life”, “Time”, “Fortune” and “Architectural Forum”, recognized Frank Lloyd Wright’s immense charisma and talent and featured both the architect and his work in all four of his renowned popular press journals in January 1938 – though clearly he did so for his own ends. Luce beli...

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Published in:	Histories of Postwar Architecture
Main Author:	Daniel Naegele
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Bologna 2017-03-01
Subjects:	Frank Lloyd Wright Henry Luce architecture and photography Fallingwater architecture and publicity
Online Access:	https://hpa.unibo.it/article/view/6721

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