{"product_id":"9781939621399","title":"The Fantastic Seashell of the Mind: The Architecture of Mark Mills","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he heard Wright say that seashells are Nature’s perfect architecture, Mark made that idea the foundation of his life’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ORO Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051815321840,"sku":"9781939621399","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939621399_p0.jpg?v=1763666612","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939621399","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}