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History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
Modernism in America Eclectic historicism Based on the concepts of L’Ecole des Beaux Arts Louis Sullivan and F.L. Wright’s work were ignored Irving Gill, Dodge House, Los Angeles – 1916 Simple modern design Frank Lloyd Wright – Hollyhock House, Los Angeles – 1921 Decorative ceiling reflect the structural support members A skylight with ornamental detail lights the area in front of the massive fire place and chimney, which forms a spatial anchor for this room. Furniture is of Wright’s design History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
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History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
Modernism in America Frank Lloyd Wright – Taliesin, Wisconsin– 1925 Living room with sloping ceiling planes and massive stone work for walls and fireplace Many small objects – Wright’s collections Furniture, rug and hanging were designed by F.L.Wright Textile block - patterns of printed fabrics of F.L. Wright History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
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History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
Modernism in America Frank Lloyd Wright – Interior of Falling Water, Pennsylvania– 1936 The great open living space uses large areas of glass to look out into the countryside Floors and fire place of local stone The ceiling patterns relate to hidden electric light elements The built in seating benches and movable stools are of Wright’s designs History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
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History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
Modernism in America Frank Lloyd Wright – Johnson Wax Building, Wisconsin – 1939 Single large great room general office space Cluster of mushroom concrete columns formed with slim tapered shafts that spread out into large disks The spaces between the disks are filled with glass tubing skylights that flood the space with daylights Private office, Johnson Wax Building Circular and semi circular elements Desk drawers swing out on pivots and desktop end in semi circles History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
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History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
Modernism in America Richard Neutra – Lovell House, Los Angeles – 1929 The large glass areas and undecorated white walls – International Style steel framed house History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
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History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
Modernism in America Walter Gropius – Gropius House, Massachussetts – 1937 Teaching post in the Harvard School of Design Constructed in wood Outdoor spiral stair connects the second floor terrace with the ground floor Interior of Gropius House, Massachussetts – 1937 Study room – windows above the built in deskwork surface Glass block wall isolates it from the main living and dining rooms History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
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History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
Modernism in America Philip Johnson, Glass House, Connecticut – 1949 The house is a simple rectangle with all four walls of floor to ceiling glass. The red tiles of the floor and the outward view into surrounding greenery establish colour. The furniture is of Mies design using brown leather on chrome frameworks History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
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History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
Modernism in America Eero Saarinen– First Christian Church, Indiana – 1942 First US church of modern architectural design. The extreme simplicity of the finely proportioned space with its tall windows, its dignified cross on the end wall, and its use of white and natural wood tones as the only colour, generate a space promoting calm meditation History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
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History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
Modernism in America Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Terrace Plaza Hotel, Ohio – 1945 Buildings on landscape settings Mural on the curving inner wall enlivens the space Large glass area offering an attractive view Built in banquette seating and chairs covered in light brown leather. History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
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History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
Modernism in America Dorothy Draper, Pompeiian Court Restaurant, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York – 1948 Ornamental hanging lights Doric columns – part of the existing structure History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
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History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
Modernism in America Knoll furniture – 1950 Classic designs of the early modern pioneers including Marcel Breuer and Mies van der Rohe History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
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History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
Modernism in America Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen Competition drawings – Museum of modern Art, New York Very influential design History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
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History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
Modernism in America Charles and Ray Eames – rocker base arm chair The fibre glass seating shell is supported on a steel wire cage connecting to wood rockers Alexander Girard Striped textile design Charles and Ray Eames – storage units The modular system of storage cabinets History of Interior Design Sofia Sebastian
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