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Louis Sullivan : an American architect / Patrick F. Cannon ; photographs by James Caulfield.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Chicago : Glessner House, ©2024Edition: First edition revisedDescription: 288 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781517918859
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • NA737.S9 C36 2024
Contents:
A life in architecture -- Housing a growing Chicago -- Reaching for the sky -- The wonder of the age -- Temples to God, temples to commerce -- Decline and triumph -- Fragments.
Summary: "Long considered the father of the skyscraper, Louis Henry Sullivan (1856-1924) first came to wide attention in 1889 with the completion of the Auditorium Building in Chicago. Louis Sullivan presents, for the first time, every remaining structure designed by the architect, accompanied by striking color photographs and highlights of his life and accomplishments"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

A life in architecture -- Housing a growing Chicago -- Reaching for the sky -- The wonder of the age -- Temples to God, temples to commerce -- Decline and triumph -- Fragments.

"Long considered the father of the skyscraper, Louis Henry Sullivan (1856-1924) first came to wide attention in 1889 with the completion of the Auditorium Building in Chicago. Louis Sullivan presents, for the first time, every remaining structure designed by the architect, accompanied by striking color photographs and highlights of his life and accomplishments"--

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