Architecture

2012 · 22869E — Chicago IL & Scotts Valley CA: The Dirsmith Group & CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2012. First Edition. Playboy Magazine Founder Hugh Hefner's Copy of the illustrated exhibition catalogue Playboy Architecture: The Dirsmith Group 1953 - 1979. With a 2 page autograph note signed by Hugh Hefner on printed Playboy notepaper in pencil reading in full on one page: “Steve - Use this as a guide. - Hefâ€. and “Mount pages - one to a page - Centered except for cover front & back. If this isn’t obvious then let me explain.†on the other. Each page measure 4 1/2†x 5 1/2†and has the Playboy Bunny logo in black with “from HUGH M. HEFNER†in red printed at the top left of the page. Illustrated in color staplebound. Fine condition with printed covers. The catalogue is a gem offering views of the process of creating such infamous structures as the legendary Playboy Grotto the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills CA the Playboy Mansion Waterfall Garden Master Bedroom Suite with floor plan various decorative interiors and some design elements at The Playboy Club itself. Laid in is a single 8 1/2†x 11†page printed announcement of the Architecture of Seduction exhibition from Suzanne and Ron Dirsmith of The Dirsmith Group’s landscape design and architecture firm with a signed inscription to Hugh Hefner: “11 Dec 2012 To HMH - Per your request You should be proud of your accomplishments Suzanne & Ron†written at the top left. The Dirsmith Group was the firm that over the course of 25 years designed many of Hefner’s most iconic buildings structures and landscape environments including Playboy world headquarters and the Playboy Mansion as well as re-designing Hefner’s famed ‘Big Bunny’ DC-950 private plane with a custom master bedroom suite and work enviornments. From the library of Hugh Hefner with a Hefner bookplate. Includes a second edition copy featuring more photos and text than that of the first edition of Inside Hefner’s Pleasure-Domes: Designing Xanadu for an American Icon. Architecture and Dreams in Hugh Hefner’s Empire. With the Fabled Playboy Mansion Grotto by Ron Dirsmith FAAR NA. Edited by Jim Wade and Suzanne Dirsmith. Illustrated throughout and with much behind-the-scenes reports of what it was like to be intimate partners in such a unique creative process. Paperbound 367 pages fine as new condition in printed wrappers. The Dirsmith Group & CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform unknown books