Wright-Sized Houses: Frank Lloyd Wright's Solution For Making Small Houses Feel Big

Maddex, Diane

New York, NY: Abrams, 2003. Hardcover. Gold paper boards with white lettering on spine, color pictorial dust jacket with white and tan lettering, 159 pp., color illustrations throughout. VG-/VG- (very minimal shelf wear, in excellent condition with all pages clear and intact). Item #182284
ISBN: 9780810946262

"Frank Lloyd Wright made it his life's work to design small houses with character. He suggested dining rooms just big enough for the family - or better yet, a combined living-dining area. He built in furniture along the walls to free up the center. He used open plans whose spaces flowed around corners, shielding views while adding mystery. He dramatized high ceilings with eye-fooling details. He turned solid walls into glass screens,breaking down barriers between outside and in. He designed step-saving kitchens lighted by skylights. He divided houses into quiet and living zones and embraced views of nature by adding outdoor rooms. He experimented with prefabricated designs to help would-be homeowners stay within a budget. As with many modern architectural ideas that we now take for granted, Wright was there first. Wright-Sized Houses: Frank Lloyd Wright's Solutions for Making Small Houses Feel Big is the first book to feature the small houses of this world-renowned architect. It presents a wealth of ideas for how to build or redesign a home to make it feel far more spacious and restful than a larger house. Diane Maddez outlines dozens of Wright's principles for making less seem like more: roofs that epitomize the sense of shelter, windows that capture the outdoors, materials that respect nature, open plans that create a relaxed lifestyle, built-ins that conserve space, ornament that grows naturally from the design. Profiles of ten small houses show how all of Wright's techniques combine to make even 1,200 square feet feel like a mansion. For guidance on making a small houses into why even in the twenty-first century Wright remains the household word for architect." - dust jacket description.