Frank Lloyd Wright and the City: Density vs. Dispersal exhibition at MoMA

The exhibition opening on February 1 presents to the public a selection of works by architect Frank Lloyd Wright recently acquired by MoMA.

The architect’s studies of vertical and horizontal growth in American cities between 1920-1930 demonstrate the historic importance of Frank Lloyd Wright’s theories, of relevance to today’s debate about urban concentration.

His studies of skyscraper form and development of the vertical city are expressed in the architect’s plans for San Francisco Call Building (1912) and Manhattan's St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie Towers (1927–31).
"Broadacre City" is a product of the architect’s study of the global approach to urban development of the American landscape.

Broadacre City is also a large-scale model (more than 9 m2) which Frank Lloyd Wright updated throughout his life and showed in public several times, the first time being at the Rockefeller Center in 1930.

(Agnese Bifulco)

Title: Frank Lloyd Wright and the City: Density vs. Dispersal
Dates: February 1 2014 - June 1 2014
Location: MoMA, USA
Images courtesy of MoMA

http://www.moma.org/

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