Wright Renewed: Two Views Reconstructing the Architect's Buildings in American and Japan

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dc.contributor.authorPickrel, Debra J.
dc.contributor.programMA in Historic Preservationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-08T16:29:08Z
dc.date.available2016-04-08T16:29:08Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractFrank Lloyd Wright, widely considered to be America's greatest architect, believed that spirituality was a quality inherent to his craft. As one of the few Western architects who practiced in Japan in the early twentieth century, his work provides a unique cross-cultural platform for study and comparison. This thesis explores the question: "How can we try to capture the spirit of the original in the reconstruction of an historic resource?" The concept of a building's spirit, aligned with that of authenticity, is first defined through a series of criteria. Then, the thesis question is explored across three seminal Wright case studies, presciently considered in light of divergent American and Japanese reconstruction philosophies and preservation practices, and a series of conclusions are drawn.en_US
dc.format.extent301 p.en_US
dc.genrethesesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2CQ9Q
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/2758
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGoucher College, Baltimore, MD
dc.rightsTo view a complete copy of this thesis please contact Goucher College Special Collections & Archives at archives@goucher.edu or (410) 337-6075.
dc.subjectArchitecture -- Conservation and restoration -- United Statesen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture -- Conservation and restoration -- Japanen_US
dc.subject.lcshHistoric preservation -- Theses
dc.titleWright Renewed: Two Views Reconstructing the Architect's Buildings in American and Japanen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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