Frank Lloyd Wright's Palmer House / Grant Hildebrand ; with Ann and Leonard K. Eaton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hildebrand, Grant, 1934-

Contributor:

Eaton, Ann.

Eaton, Leonard K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.

Palmer House (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

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

Wright, Frank Lloyd.

Architecture, Domestic--Michigan--Ann Arbor.

Architecture, Domestic.

Buildings--Michigan--Ann Arbor.

Buildings.

Criticism and interpretation.

Michigan--Ann Arbor.

Physical Description:

x, 125 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Palmer House

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2007]

Summary:

Frank Lloyd Wright's Palmer house, built in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the early 1950s, is one of Wright's last residential masterpieces. Working from extensive materials gathered by Ann and Leonard Eaton, and from his own fifty-two-year familiarity with the building, Grant Hildebrand crafts the story of Billy and Mary Palmer's extraordinary home. He presents in detail the events surrounding the Palmers' selection of Wright as their architect; Wright's personal creation of the design; the challenges, and the craftsmanship, of its construction; the evolution of its garden and teahouse; the role of the house as a setting for the Palmers' lives; and an analysis of its remarkable formal and spatial qualities.

With a rich compendium of personal information and an extensive array of photographs, plans, and diagrams created especially for this book, Frank Lloyd Wright's Palmer House offers a comprehensive exploration of a living work of art and an intimate portrait of the people who, having brought it into being, treasured its presence in their lives for half a century. Citing the particular synergies of architect and client, house and site, Hildebrand situates the heretofore littleknown Palmer house within the context of Wright's overall oeuvre and presents a convincing argument for the inclusion of the Palmer house in the canon of the architect's finest residential designs.

Contents:

The Palmer House in its context: an overview

Designing the house

Building the house

Furnishing the house

The garden

The house, the garden, and family life

The house: an appreciation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-122) and index.

ISBN:

0295986409

9780295986401

OCLC:

69331528