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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Rooms: Interiors and Decorative Arts
INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards -- 2014 BRONZE Winner for Architecture
An invitation into the evocative, human-scaled, and artful interiors designed by Wright. Frank Lloyd The Rooms presents the warm interior spaces and exceptional design work of this beloved American master. Wright was an early proponent of "total design." Unsatisfied with what was available in designing a given space or home, he invented what was needed, developing a language of architectural detail and styling that is unique and which extended to the tables, bookcases, easy chairs, sofas, and cabinets; to rugs and murals; to stonework; to stained glass "light screens," which served as windows, doors, and room partitions; and lighting. This approach was manifested distinctly in each of his residential projects. This book offers the reader an immersion into this work by means of extraordinary artful detail in intimately explored rooms and spaces. From the Oak Park Home and Studio in Illinois to the majestically appointed Darwin D. Martin House with its abundance of art glass, including Wright’s famous "Tree of Life" and "Wisteria" designs, this luxurious volume ranges over the whole of Wright’s oeuvre. It highlights a number of Wright masterpieces, including Hollyhock House, the mysterious Aztec-like home and arts complex built on a hill in Los Angeles; the Dana House, with its luminous "butterfly" transom glass; and the fabled living room at Fallingwater.
An invitation into the evocative, human-scaled, and artful interiors designed by Wright. Frank Lloyd The Rooms presents the warm interior spaces and exceptional design work of this beloved American master. Wright was an early proponent of "total design." Unsatisfied with what was available in designing a given space or home, he invented what was needed, developing a language of architectural detail and styling that is unique and which extended to the tables, bookcases, easy chairs, sofas, and cabinets; to rugs and murals; to stonework; to stained glass "light screens," which served as windows, doors, and room partitions; and lighting. This approach was manifested distinctly in each of his residential projects. This book offers the reader an immersion into this work by means of extraordinary artful detail in intimately explored rooms and spaces. From the Oak Park Home and Studio in Illinois to the majestically appointed Darwin D. Martin House with its abundance of art glass, including Wright’s famous "Tree of Life" and "Wisteria" designs, this luxurious volume ranges over the whole of Wright’s oeuvre. It highlights a number of Wright masterpieces, including Hollyhock House, the mysterious Aztec-like home and arts complex built on a hill in Los Angeles; the Dana House, with its luminous "butterfly" transom glass; and the fabled living room at Fallingwater.
336 pages, Hardcover
First published October 14, 2014
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August 5, 2018
I love the artist/architect. The book is very monotonous to look at and follow. I would like to see the outside of the building and then the inside. I love the light coming in but not so much the wood hue everywhere.
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February 11, 2022This book is huge. So heavy and intense. Literally, design books in general but this one was really something. The religious inspo is very clear. The furniture is so funny but I do like the lamps and all the wood and stained glass. Rich people homes are unreal.
February 1, 2016
Lots of great pics without too much copy cluttering the presentation. The brief analysis of Usonian design is very interesting.
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