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Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana House
The Illustrated Story of an Architectural Masterpiece
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana House
The Illustrated Story of an Architectural Masterpiece
About this book
"Mr. Hoffmann's magisterial command of the vast Wright literature is matched by his gift for placing the architect in the broader cultural crosscurrents of his time … long a respected Wright authority, [he is in] the very forefront of his peers."—The New York Times
Built in Springfield, Illinois, in 1902–04 for socialite Susan Lawrence Dana, the lavish home known as the Dana House was designed for extensive entertaining and for housing the owner's art collection. The house was the largest and most ornamental residence Frank Lloyd Wright had constructed up to that time.
The lines, dynamic structure, decorative sculpture, and a thousand other felicities of this magnificent house are captured here in a handsome pictorial essay by noted architectural historian Donald Hoffmann. More than 160 rare photographs and line drawings—including interior and exterior views, plans, elevations, sketches, and studies—clearly document Wright's residential masterpiece. The informative and perceptive text discusses the history and background of the house; its site, plans, and construction; the elements and principles underlying its design, and many other aspects of the home's creation.
Built in Springfield, Illinois, in 1902–04 for socialite Susan Lawrence Dana, the lavish home known as the Dana House was designed for extensive entertaining and for housing the owner's art collection. The house was the largest and most ornamental residence Frank Lloyd Wright had constructed up to that time.
The lines, dynamic structure, decorative sculpture, and a thousand other felicities of this magnificent house are captured here in a handsome pictorial essay by noted architectural historian Donald Hoffmann. More than 160 rare photographs and line drawings—including interior and exterior views, plans, elevations, sketches, and studies—clearly document Wright's residential masterpiece. The informative and perceptive text discusses the history and background of the house; its site, plans, and construction; the elements and principles underlying its design, and many other aspects of the home's creation.
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Index
(Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations only.)
Abstract of title
Abstraction in design
Accent blocks
Addams, Jane
Adler & Sullivan
Alcoves
Allegorical figures
Allen, James
Allen, W H., Addition
Alley vacated
Alton
Alton & Sangamon railroad
American House (hotel)
Andirons
Angle, Paul M.
Anthony, Achsah
Appraisals
Arch and vault
Architectural Review
āArchitectureā (allegorical sculpture)
Architecture and nature
Art glass; cost of
Articulation
Art Institute of Chicago
Art market
Art pottery
Arts and Crafts domesticity
Assistants in Oak Park Studio
Aster, purple
Auction
Avery, Charles
Axial relationships
Ayers, John W., Company
Bach, J. S.
Bahamas
Balconies
Bandini, Giovanni
Barclay Ill.
Bargello Palace, Florence
Barton, George, house in Buffalo, N.Y (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Barton, William E.
Basement
Basilica
Basler, Roy P
Bateman, Newton
Bathrooms
Beardstown
Bedrooms
Bedroom suite for Mrs. Lawrence
Beethoven
Bellaire, Mich.
Beltcourses
Berlage, H.P
Berlin portfolios (Wasmuth)
Bice, Earl R.
Bice Collection of Dana papers
Billiard room
Biltmore, Asheville, N.C.
Blossom, George, house in Chicago (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Board of Education
Boardinghouse
Bock, Richard W
Bock sculpture collection
Boiler
Bolinger, Wayne I.
Bolon, Carol R.
Books
Bowling alley
Breakfast bay or alcove
Bressmer, John
Bricks and brickwork
Brinkerhoff, John W.
Brooks, H. Allen
Brown, Stuart, house
Building arts
Building process
Building program
Building types
Bunn, J. F.
Butterflies
Butterfly hanging lamps
Butterfly-wing bridge project (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Butterfly-wreath transoms
Byrne, Barry
Caldwell, Ben F, house near Springfield
āCalhounā (Springfield, Ill.)
Cantilever expression
Caretaker
Carriage house
Casements
Casework
Cavanaugh, Tom R.
Cecilian player organ
Cedarville, Ohio
Ceilings and ceiling lights
Centerline
Central Baptist Church
Central Block, Springfield
Chain-link fence
Chappell, Sally Kitt
Charity bazaar
Chicago
Chicago Academy of Sciences
Chicago & Alton railroad
Chicago Architectural Club
Chicago Arts and Crafts Society
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
āChicago window,ā
Chimney mass
Client idealized
Coat- (or cloak-) rooms
Coe, Ralph T
Colorado
Colors, autumnal
Commentary, academic
Complexity
Conception and composition
Concrete
Confinement overcome
Conservators
Conservatory
Coonley, Avery, house in Riverside. (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Coonley Playhouse (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Copper and verdigris
Corbeled bay
Corners
Cornice
Corridor to studio
Cost of house
Cottage on homestead
Courthouse square
Curtain walls
Dahl, Jƶrgen Constantin (Lawrence Joergen-Dahl)
Daily Illinois State Register
Dana, Charles A.
Dana, Edwin Ward
Dana, Edwin Whitney
Dana, Lawrence Henry
Dana, Susan Lawrence (Susie Lawrence, Susan Lawrence Joergen-Dahl, Susan Lawrence-Gehrmann, Susan Z. Lawrence): woman of means; house; born and named; marries Edwin Dana; husband dies; administers fatherās estate; plans house; enthusiasm; moves temporarily; spirit-letters; holds housewarmings; as patron of the arts; yearnings; travels to Bahamas; more spirit-letters, money problems and entertainments; marries J.C. Dahl; marries C.A. Gehrmann; as feminist; ill health; enters hospital; dies
Dana estate
Dana-Thomas House Foundation
Darling, Sharon S.
Davidson, Sen. John A.
Day, Leigh Gross
Decks
Den, see sitting room
Deneen, Gov. Charles
Denmark
Dining room
Discipline of design
Diversification of the wall
Dominant and subordinate masses
Donald, David
Doors
Douglas Avenue
Downspouts, copper
Dragonfly motif
Dressing room
Drummond, William E.
Early settlers
Earth-line
East front
Eaves
Electric work
Elmslie, George Grant
Entertainments and social events
Entrance approach
Entrance arch
Entry
Equilibrium
Erotic basis of art
Eve of St. Agnes
Farrand Organ Company
Farrar, William G.
Fein, Albert
Ferns
Figueira, Joseph M.
Firedogs
Fire-insurance map
Fireflies
Fireplaces
Firescreen
First-floor plan
Floor levels
Floor tiles
Florence, Italy
āFlower in the Crannied Wall,ā
Flowers
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Foundation work
Fountain in living hall
Fourth Street
Fox River Country Club, near Geneva. (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Freudian terms
āFriends of the Fellowship,ā
Frieze
Frontages
Furniture
Gable
Gallery above living hall
Gannett, William C.
Garden court
Garden walls
Garner, John S.
Gates, William D., Company
Gates at entry
Gaule, Luke J.
Gehrmann, Charles A.
Genie motif
Geometric abstraction and invention
Georg, Herbert
Giambologna (Jean Boulogne)
Giannini, Orlando
Gilman, Clinton and Springfield Rail Road
Glass prisms
Glass screen behind fountain
Goldenrod
Gothic spirit
Governorās mansion, Springfield
Granger, Alfred H.
Grants Pass, Ore.
Grass terrace
Gravity
Great Western Railroad
Greene County, Ohio
Greenville College
Griffin, Walter Burley
Grilles
Ground plan
Guggenheim Museum, New York (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Gutters
Half-timbering
Hall, Curtis H.
Hallmark, Donald P
Hamilton, Mary Jane
Hamlin, A. D. F
Hanes, Murray
Hanes, S. J.
Hanks, David A.
Hasbrouck, Wilbert R.
Hasbrouck Peterson Associates
Heath, W R., house in Buffalo, N.Y. (Frank Lloyd Wright)
āHeliocopterā sketch
Heller, Isidore, house in Chicago (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Herndon, William H.
Hertz, Emanuel
Hierarchical relationships
Hillside Home School
Hitchcock, Henry-Russell
Hoffmann, George C.
Hollyhocks
Holst, Hermann V von
Home environment
āHome in a Prairie Townā project (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Homestead
Horizontal motif
Horse walk
House Beautiful, The (private edition)
House Beautiful magazine
Hull-House
Husser, Helen, house in Chicago (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Illinois, State of
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois inheritance tax
Illinois River
Illinois state capitol
Illinois State Hospital for the Insane
Illinois State Journal
Imitation of nature
Indian pottery
āInferior desecraters,ā
Inglenooks
Insect patterns
Inventories
Irving, Edward P, house in Decatur. (Frank Lloyd Wright et al.)
Italianate villa
Italian exhibit of Wrightās work
Jacksonville, Fla.
Jacksonville
Japan
Japanese lanterns
Japanese woodblock prints
Johnson Wax Buildings in Racine, Wis. (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Jordy, W H.
Josephine County, Ore.
Kitchen
Kitchen wing
Klassen, Clarence W.
Ladiesā Home Journal
Lamps
Landscape and freedom
Landscaping
Larkin Building, Buffalo, N.Y. (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Latticework
Lawrence, Agnes Salome
Lawrence, Flora
Lawrence, Lewis W
Lawrence, Mary Agnes (Mrs. R. D. Lawrence)
Lawrence, Rheuna Drake; will
Lawrence, Susan Minerva
Lawrence Avenue
Lawrence Buildi...
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- The Site and the Times
- Circumstance, Plans and Construction
- Elements and Principles
- In Another World
- To the Studio
- No Other House That Compares
- Index