McCarter presents on Frank Lloyd Wright at Università Iuav di Venezia
2026-06-04 • Sam Fox School
Robert McCarter, the Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture, recently participated in “Frank Lloyd Wright: 75 Years Later” at the Università Iuav di Venezia. The event celebrated the 75th anniversary of the conferral of an honoree degree upon Wright with a series of presentations by IUAV faculty members and external researchers. The presentations and a seminar featuring the presentation of McCarter’s “Frank Lloyd Wright” (Phaidon, 2025) highlighted the international role of the Università Iuav di Venezia and underscored the relationships that existed between Frank Lloyd Wright and Italy. McCarter delivered a lecture titled, “The Importance of Place in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Designs for Italy: The Early Villino in Fiesola and the Late Palazetto in Venezia.”
Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture
This comprehensive monograph on the renowned twentieth-century architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, explores both his major architectural designs and many of his minor projects in detail. Robert McCarter analyses Wright’s work chronologically, exploring each building’s spatial experience, material and tectonic character, and relationship to the landscape.
Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, this definitive account of the life and work of the modern master features an extensive selection of archival drawings, specially commissioned photographs, redrawn plans, and detailed drawings, as well as a complete list of Wright’s buildings and projects compiled by the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.