The Fantastic Seashell of the Mind: The Architecture of Mark

The Fantastic Seashell of the Mind: The Architecture of Mark Mills (ORO EDITIONS)

Mark Mills was a visionary architect, a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice whose innovative designs grow beyond Wright's work to uniquely blend structural principles and the organic forms of seashells.

When he heard Wright say that seashells are Natureâ€™s perfect architecture, Mark made that idea the foundation of his lifeâ€™s work. As seashells change their forms to meet the needs of their inhabitants, so Mark adapted structural roof systems to shelter his clients, and he made them spectacularly beautiful. If the sky is Nature's umbrella above us, Mills's ceilings were the umbrella over his clients' lives in their homes. The ceiling revealed the skeleton of the building, exposed, visible from every part of the interior, since the interior walls were partitions that did not interrupt the view of the ceiling system. He used to joke (joking but not kidding) that he put so much thought and care into his roofs because the clients couldn't hang their knick-knacks on it and wreck its design.

From any place within Mark's houses, there is a sense of being under the entire shell of the roof. We may be in the living room, but we are also in the entire house at all times. They are, for him, shells for humans.

The Fantastic Seashells of the Mind, is thoughtfully illustrated and brings together Mark Mills's own thinking behind his houses along with the insights of his wife, colleagues, and original clients and owners of Mark Mills houses. It is written to appeal to both architects and a general readership.
Country USA
Brand ORO Editions
Manufacturer ORO Editions
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781939621399
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781939621399
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	ORO Editions
Manufacturer	ORO Editions
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781939621399
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781939621399
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Fantastic Seashell of the Mind: The Architecture of Mark Mills (ORO EDITIONS)

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