Down to earth : an insider's view of Frank Lloyd Wright's Tomek House / Maya Moran ; with a foreword by Robert Twombly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moran, Maya, 1934-

Contributor:

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.

Tomek House (Riverside, Ill.).

Prairie school (Architecture)--Illinois--Riverside.

Prairie school (Architecture).

Architecture, Domestic--Conservation and restoration--Illinois--Riverside.

Architecture, Domestic.

Architecture, Domestic--Conservation and restoration.

Criticism and interpretation.

Illinois--Riverside.

Buildings--Illinois--Riverside.

Buildings.

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Criticism and interpretation.

Wright, Frank Lloyd.

Physical Description:

xix, 132 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 23 x 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [1995]

Summary:

In 1974, Maya Moran and her husband purchased a dilapidated Frank Lloyd Wright house in Riverside, Illinois. In Down to Earth, Moran tells how she spent the next twenty years resurrecting Wright's 1904 Tomek House, transforming it into both a home and an architectural gem. Moran describes in vivid and lively language how Wright's architectural touch had great impact on her life as she took on the roles of contractor, maintenance woman, decorator, furniture and landscape designer, gardener, curator, and tour guide. Illustrating her story with nearly ninety photographs and many of Wright's own drawings, Moran describes not only an early Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie house and its architectural significance but also the people who have lived in it.

Notes:

Includes statements by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-121) and index.

ISBN:

0809315599

0809315602

OCLC:

28027526