Books: MR Architecture + Decor

In the opening paragraph of Walter Gropius’ Bauhaus Manifesto, the founder of the movement suggests “The ultimate aim of all visual arts is the complete building!”, further professing “Architects, painters, and sculptors must recognize anew and learn to grasp the composite character of a building both as an entity and in its separate parts. Only then will their work be imbued with the architectonic spirit which it has lost as “salon art.”

David Mann clearly understands the importance of these dictates.

The 18 projects featured in his new monograph from Abrams are as varied as they are dynamic… Continue reading “Books: MR Architecture + Decor”