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January 02, 2008
Grant Hildebrand, '57, MARCH'64, with Ann Eaton, '76, MA'78, and Leonard K. Eaton
Frank Lloyd Wright's Palmer House, University of Washington Press, 2007.
The book: Frank Lloyd Wright's Palmer house, built in Ann Arbor in the early 1950s, is one of Wright's last residential masterpieces. The book presents the events surrounding the selection of Wright as architect; Wright's creation of the design; the challenges and craftsmanship of its construction; the evolution of its garden and teahouse; the role of the house as a setting for the Palmers' lives; and an analysis of its formal and spatial qualities. It also offers an exploration of a living work of art and a portrait of the people who treasured its presence in their lives for half a century.
The author: Ann Eaton, '76, MA'78, lives on the Oregon coast with her husband Leonard K. Eaton, a U-M professor emeritus of architecture. Together, they recorded an extensive series of interviews with Mary and Billy Palmer and their family and collected photographs. Grant Hildebrand would eventually use this extensive set of materials to write this book.
Posted by tobiaslw at January 2, 2008 11:52 AM