Moran, Maya, 1934-

Down to earth : an insider's view of Frank Lloyd Wright's Tomek House / Maya Moran ; with a foreword by Robert Twombly.

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1995.

xix, 132 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 x 29 cm

In 1974, Maya Moran and her husband purchased a dilapidated Frank Lloyd Wright house in Riverside, Illinois. In Down to Earth, Moran tells how she spent the next twenty years resurrecting Wright's 1904 Tomek House, transforming it into both a home and an architectural gem.
Moran describes in vivid and lively language how Wright's architectural touch had great impact on her life as she took on the roles of contractor, maintenance woman, decorator, furniture and landscape designer, gardener, curator, and tour guide. Illustrating her story with nearly ninety photographs and many of Wright's own drawings, Moran describes not only an early Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie house and its architectural significance but also the people who have lived in it.

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Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Criticism and interpretation.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Individual works Riverside (Ill.). Tomek House.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
Tomek House (Riverside, Ill.)
Prairie school (Architecture) Illinois Riverside.
Architecture, Domestic Conservation and restoration Illinois Riverside.
Architecture, Domestic Conservation and restoration.
Buildings.
Prairie school (Architecture)
Riverside (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Illinois Riverside.
Tomek House
Chicago (Ill.) Tomek House.

Quotations (texts)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.

Location: Library main 152869
Call No.: NA44.W949.25 T6 1995
Status: Available