order to achieve its flm, Kubrick did not use only the painting or sculpture but also architecture, drawing from it he has recreated the environments the Overlook Hotel.
Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, which will be demolished in the late 60's for economic reasons.
rebuilt in recent years, the present building replaces the original masterpiece that is remembered by small gifts on display in the lobby.
Hotel Imperial (1916)
The living room where Jack Nicholson a typewriter, recalls how the architectural structure, the entry of today's hotel, but the use of warm hues of the decorations and details are to be found in the first project of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Shining 
"The toilets in red (...) inspired by the cabinets created by Frank Lloyd Wright for a hotel in Arizona. " Stanley Kubrick
Shining Kubrick refers Arizona Biltmore Hotel which was designed by Wright in 1928. You can see the same symmetries and the same hues used to build lifts in The Shining.
Shining
Arizona Biltmore Hotel (1928) 
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