Frank Lloyd Wright on the West Coast: Publisher: Gibbs Smith, $50, hardcover, 10.75 x 12 in, 224 pages, 250 photos.

While Frank Lloyd Wright's buildings in the Midwest and on the East Coast have been well documented, his work on the West Coast has not gotten the same thorough attention, until now.

Between 1909 and 1959, Wright designed 36 structures on 28 sites up and down the West Coast from Southern California to Seattle. Thirty-four of those buildings still stand, including such well-known structures as the Marin County Civic Center and Hollyhock House in Los Angeles, but also lesser known gems like the 1909 Stewart House near Santa Barbara. This comprehensive new book covers all of those sites, with nearly 200 color photos by veteran architectural photographer Joel Puliatti, plus 44 archival images, many never before seen in print.

This is not just another survey of buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, or a coffee table book with minimal information. This is an extensively-researched volume featuring background information on the clients' relationships with Wright, including insights gleaned from the original owners' correspondence with the architect, and interviews with them or their descendants. This book also relates intriguing stories of Wright's independent-minded and strong-willed female clients that were able to convince Wright to make significant changes in his designs of their homes, something he was loath to do for most other clients. Thus, this book also explores the architect's human story behind his innovative West Coast body of work.

Author Mark Anthony Wilson is an architectural historian who has been writing and teaching about American architecture for more than 35 years. Wilson has published four previous books on architecture, and written over 200 articles on architecture, politics, and history, which have been published in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Portland Oregonian, Christian Science Monitor, and USA Today.