Learn more about each building on the estate. Become a Martin House volunteer. Join our team. We are hiring! Take a 3D Tour. Host an Event. Become a Member. Learn more about the many levels of membership and exciting benefits, including free tours. May in , and construction was completed by During the construction of the house, Wright became tied up in his travels abroad and handed the reigns to Marion Mahony and Herman van Holst, who completed the stunning home.
The Brauner House in Okemos features a classic overhanging eave and is constructed out of painted concrete blocks. Its location on a wooded cul-de-sac and its lovely swimming pool makes it one of the most peaceful Wright homes in Michigan. Located in the Palmer Woods neighborhood of Detroit, the Turkel house is most known for its block-patterned windows and large balcony.
Michigan In Your Inbox spinner. Thank you! You will receive your first email soon. Having visited Mexico City a number of years ago, I first started revisiting my photographs of Mayan pyramidal architecture and I suddenly recalled Frank Lloyd Wright and his Mayan Revival Period of the s.
As we had to work so quickly on Game of Thrones , at first it felt like cheating, but it gave me great comfort to think that he had already solved the problem of how to make the monolithic structures also feel domestic. Just as importantly, his work, to me, does not speak of a particular period, and it was possible for us to translate the spaces so that they felt simultaneously medieval and modern.
When creating spaces that are designed to be photographed, it is important to bear in mind how the camera will see them. I learned a lot about the textile block houses, which turned ugly concrete blocks into some thing extraordinary. It is important to give the camera light and shade and make seemingly boring expanses interesting for the eye.
This worked for us in two ways in Meereen: The use of the blocks meant that we were able to give the space much more texture than it otherwise would have had, and by punching through the block, we were also able to give the cinematographers an excuse to be able to push the light through.
Good design is good design. It is rare. It also photographs well. As a production designer, it is knowing good design when you see it and understanding how you can translate the principles of space to the story you are telling in a way that will photograph easily and beautifully. The geometric stained glass windows that influenced the Game of Thrones Meereen Palace also provided a muse for our coasters, mugs, cufflinks, trivets, and more.
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