Mark Hertzberg (1)
Autor(a) de Frank Lloyd Wright's SC Johnson Research Tower.
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About the Author
Mark Hertzberg is an award-winning photo-journalist and Director of Photography at the Racine Journal Times
Image credit: Photograph by Cindy Hertzberg
Obras por Mark Hertzberg
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Hertzberg, Mark
- Sexo
- male
- Locais de residência
- Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- MARK HERTZBERG is an award-winning photojournalist and the former director of photography at Racine’s Journal Times. He is on the board of directors of Wright in Wisconsin, and is the author of Wright in Racine and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hardy House, both published by Pomegranate. He is also the author of "Frank Lloyd Wright's Penwern: A Summer Estate," published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press in 2019. Hertzberg earned his bachelor's degree in international relations at Lake Forest College. A native of New York City, he is as avid a bicyclist as he is a Wright researcher.
Membros
Críticas
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 4
- Membros
- 97
- Popularidade
- #194,532
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 11
- ISBN
- 6
In his third book on Frank Lloyd Wright for Pomegranate, photojournalist Mark Hertzberg presents in words and photographs (both original ones by the author alongside numerous archival photos) the story of the 15-story tower in the prairie. He goes into detail on the building's design -- from its cantilevered construction and deep core foundation to the leaky pyrex-tube windows and interior casework (what was leaked upon) -- but for the most part Frank Lloyd Wright's perspective is played down in favor of the client and the builder. Given Hertzberg's job as a journalist this isn't a surprise, as he can interview client H. F. Johnson, Jr.'s descendents, the contractor's son, and employees past and present, not Wright. Throughout are descriptions of the tower's inadequacies but also a certain pride to have worked in the building and recognize its role in the development of many of S.C. Johnson's important products; in essence the design's innovation and uniqueness did more for the company and its employees than a functional but plain one could have. The tower's current symbolic role is enough to keep it mummified, forever without adequate exiting and other requirements that would mar the design while bringing it up to code.
The importance of architecture in S.C. Johnson's working environments and public image continued after the 1950 Research Tower. In the 1960s H. A. Maaskant designed a dramatic and expressive headquarters for the company in Mijdrecht, Netherlands. And most recently for the Racine campus Norman Foster contributed his design skills for Project Honor, which includes Fortaleza Hall (containing the plane flown to Brazil by elder Johnsons) and the Community Building. These are certainly extensions of the Administration Building and Research Tower, two related but one-of-a-kind designs infused with idea and innovation, the qualities S. C. Johnson wants to foster in their work and their products.
(Review also posted on my blog, with links: http://archidose.blogspot.com/2010/11/book-review-frank-lloyd-wrights-sc.html)… (mais)