History of Interiors

American Arts & Crafts Movement

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Marcel Breuer

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Le Corbusier

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Bauhaus, Dessau Germany

Bauhaus

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Barton House Dining Room Suite

Frank Lloyd Wright

Attached electrical chairs

Inside a room

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Robie House, Chicago, 1908-09, prairie style

Overhanging roof, big, no historical reference, prairie style house, ribbon window - continuous band, earth colors, harmonious colors - blend with landscape, cantilevered roof eaves, Roman brick emphasize the horizontal of the house

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Ward Willets House, 1902 Highland Park, Illinois, Prairie Style 

Frank Lloyd Wright 

Devoid of decoration

Asian influence 

Layered roofing

Wood frame and stucco system of construction 

Entertainment style house

Uses walls to define spaces but not enclose them 

Continuous flow of space

The Willits House was seen as an entertainment style home. The use of the Romanesque archway in the entrance, an emphasis on horizontals as seen in the low roofs of the dining room wing and porte cochere the use of different materials on the upper part of the house

When light shines on this area, the roof appears to be hovering and displays very deep and dark shadows. Another unique feature of this house is that Wright was able to design everything in the house, from the furniture to the lighting fixtures.

One of the more interesting points about the house is Wright's ability to seamlessly combine architecture with nature. The plan is a cruciate with four wings extending out from a central fireplace. In addition to stained-glass windows and wooden screens that divide rooms, Wright also designed most of the furniture in the house.

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Frank Lloyd Wright

American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1000 structures and completed 532 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture and developed the concept of the Usonian home, his unique vision for urban planning in the United States.

Winslow House, River Forest Illinois, 1893  Over hanging eves

Ward Willets House, 1902 Highland Park, Illinois, Prairie Style 

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Joseph Hoffman Chairs

Weird abstract shapes

Reclining seats

Strict geometric lines

Sitzmaschine Armchair 

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Josef Hoffman, Stoclet House in Brussels, 1905-11

All about geometry 

Protomodern

Avoidance of clutter

Inside is Art Nouveau 

Reformed interior 

Functions dictate style

Marble panelling 

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Vienna Secession Movement

Josef Hoffman chair and Kolo Moser Desk,  Weiner Wekstatte logo, c.1900  Similar to nouveau, looks more like art deco, 

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Secession, Vienna, Austria 

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Vienna c. 1900

Vienna Secession

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1897 Mackintosh chair from argyle street tea room

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The Glasgow School of Art, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1896-1909 Protomodern building, Medieval Scottish castles, stonework, influence from Japanese and new tech, 3 Story glass window, unusual building, radically simplified, library, geometric, angular

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Born: September 3, 1856 Boston, MA

Died: April 14, 1924 Chicago, IL

Born to Irish-born father, Patrick Sullivan, and Swiss-born mother, née Andrienne List, both of whom had immigrated to the United States in the late 1840s

Education:

-One year of architecture studies at the Massachusetts...

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Louis Sullivan: My Style

Masonry walls with terra cotta designs

Intertwining vines and leaves combined with crisp geometric shapes

Floral themes

Draw inspiration from nature

This Sullivanesque style was imitated by other architects

[Garrick Theater panel reproduction], 1892