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Decorative Sunday

This Decorative Sunday we’re bringing you images from Frank Lloyd Wright The Rooms: Interiors and Decorative Arts, published in 2014 by Rizzoli International Publications in New York City. Including text by Margo Stipe, Curator of Collections for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation since 1989, the photography is the work of architectural photographer Alan Weintraub, and the book design is by Zand Gee. Weintraub and Gee have collaborated on over twenty architectural books, including seven books on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, all for Rizzoli International.

Wright was an early advocate of the “total design” concept, extending the architectural mandate to include interior details like tables, bookcases, murals, and stained glass “light screens.” A Wisconsin native, Milwaukee is home to the Wright designed Bogk House and the Burnham Block, as well as the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatosa. Southern Wisconsin holds many notable Frank Lloyd Wright homes and buildings, including Taliesin, his primary home and studio, now a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Stipe writes: “Wright believed that all the elements of a house needed to exhibit a consistent grammar. Once the geometry and decorative theme of the house had been determined, all details were designed to support the larger whole, whether art glass, furniture, or lighting.”

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