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William Allin Storrer was born on March 22, 1936, in Highland Park, Michigan, United States. He is the son of Frederick Ray and Margaret Ann (Pitts) Storrer.
(Among the many books available on Frank Lloyd Wright, Wil...)
Among the many books available on Frank Lloyd Wright, William Allin Storrer’s classic The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog is the authoritative guide to all of Wright’s built work. This updated third edition revisits each of Wright’s extant structures, tracing the architect’s development from his Prairie works, such as the Frederick Robie house in Chicago, to the last building constructed to his specifications, the magnificent Aime and Norman Lykes residence in Arizona. Renowned expert William Storrer deftly incorporates a series of key revisions and brings each structure’s history up to the present day, as some buildings have been refurbished, some moved, and others sadly abandoned or destroyed by natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina—including the James Charnley bungalow in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Organized chronologically, this updated third edition features full-color photographs of all extant work along with a description of each building and its history. Storrer also provides full addresses, GPS coordinates, and maps of locations throughout the United States, England, and Japan, indicating the shortest route to each building—perfect for Wright aficionados on the go. From Fallingwater to the Guggenheim, Frank Lloyd Wright is the undisputed master of American architecture. Now fully revised, The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog will be indispensable for anyone fascinated with the architect’s unique genius. Among the many books available on Frank Lloyd Wright, William Allin Storrer’s classic The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog is the authoritative guide to all of Wright’s built work. This updated third edition revisits each of Wright’s extant structures, tracing the architect’s development from his Prairie works, such as the Frederick Robie house in Chicago, to the last building constructed to his specifications, the magnificent Aime and Norman Lykes residence in Arizona. Renowned expert William Storrer deftly incorporates a series of key revisions and brings each structure’s history up to the present day, as some buildings have been refurbished, some moved, and others sadly abandoned or destroyed by natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina—including the James Charnley bungalow in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Organized chronologically, this updated third edition features full-color photographs of all extant work along with a description of each building and its history. Storrer also provides full addresses, GPS coordinates, and maps of locations throughout the United States, England, and Japan, indicating the shortest route to each building—perfect for Wright aficionados on the go. From Fallingwater to the Guggenheim, Frank Lloyd Wright is the undisputed master of American architecture. Now fully revised, The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog will be indispensable for anyone fascinated with the architect’s unique genius. Among the many books available on Frank Lloyd Wright, William Allin Storrer’s classic The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog is the authoritative guide to all of Wright’s built work. This updated third edition revisits each of Wright’s extant structures, tracing the architect’s development from his Prairie works, such as the Frederick Robie house in Chicago, to the last building constructed to his specifications, the magnificent Aime and Norman Lykes residence in Arizona. Renowned expert William Storrer deftly incorporates a series of key revisions and brings each structure’s history up to the present day, as some buildings have been refurbished, some moved, and others sadly abandoned or destroyed by natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina—including the James Charnley bungalow in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Organized chronologically, this updated third edition features full-color photographs of all extant work along with a description of each building and its history. Storrer also provides full addresses, GPS coordinates, and maps of locations throughout the United States, England, and Japan, indicating the shortest route to each building—perfect for Wright aficionados on the go. From Fallingwater to the Guggenheim, Frank Lloyd Wright is the undisputed master of American architecture. Now fully revised, The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog will be indispensable for anyone fascinated with the architect’s unique genius.
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1978
(Though having achieved considerable fame, by 1909 Frank L...)
Though having achieved considerable fame, by 1909 Frank Lloyd Wright recognized the failure of Prairie architecture. He went to Europe and produced the Wasmuth Portfolio, his celebration of and epitaph to the Prairie School. Frank Lloyd Wright: Designing Democratic Architecture is about the ascension from Prairie to Usonian, Wright’s Democratic American architecture, and its fulfillment of Wright’s dream. It draws heavily upon the reference standard, The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion, but in arranging the materials around design themes, makes what in the Companion is often technical, here is open to the neophyte. Yet, in its approach to Wright’s source of creativity, it offers new insights to the best-read Wrightian. This book reveals the true creation of a Democratic American Architecture in Usonia in the 1920s.
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1994
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William Allin Storrer was born on March 22, 1936, in Highland Park, Michigan, United States. He is the son of Frederick Ray and Margaret Ann (Pitts) Storrer.
Storrer attended the Greenfield Village Schools and the first two years of high school at the Edison Institute High School in Dearborn, Michigan. He graduated from Dearborn High School in 1954. He then attended Albion College in 1954-56 and graduated from Harvard College with a bachelor's degree in 1959. Three years later he obtained his Master of Fine Arts degree from Boston University and his doctorate from Ohio University in 1968.
Storrer started his career as an electronics engineer at Raytheon Co. in 1958. During 1961 and 1962 he held the position of technical director at Boston Arts Festival and then became a director of dramatics at Melrose High School. He worked there for two years and went to Hofstra University, where he was a playhouse and repertory theatre director and drama and speech instructor till 1966. Two years later Storrer started working as an assistant theatre professor and director of university theatre at the University of Toledo. However, he didn't work there too long and since 1969, he held the position of the associate professor of theatre at Southampton College and Chapman College. In 1973, he became an assistant professor of cinema studies and still photography at Ithaca College and in 1976 — an associate professor of media arts at the University of South Carolina.
In 1978, Storrer started his career as a writer and two years later he became a president of MINDaLIVE Creative e Mind Enhancement. He held this position for more than 20 years.
In 1990, Storrer also became an educational media specialist — the position, he held till his retirement. First, he worked at Newark Board of Education, and since 1994, at Patterson Public Schools.
Now Storrer lives and works as a freelance writer in Newark, New Jersey.
(Among the many books available on Frank Lloyd Wright, Wil...)
1978(Though having achieved considerable fame, by 1909 Frank L...)
1994Storrer married Carol A. Tuthill on November 6, 1964, however, the marriage ended with a divorce. He then married Patricia Alice Whalley on December 30, 1976. The marriage produced one son, Kifsten.