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A classic in architectural history!
Timothy J. Samuelson, Curator of Architecture at the Chicago Historical Society, has done a marvelous job at bringing out a beautiful new edition of this classic on modernist pioneer Louis Sullivan.Samuelson has writtena perceptive and entertaining introduction to the book, and given aninvaluable revised list of Sullivan's work along with vastly improvedillustrations.Hugh Morrison first published this groundbreaking study in1935, and it is still the starting place for learning about Sullivan. Morrison's writing is fresh and entertaining, and moves along at timesalmost like a novel.More importantly, Morrison's analysis and history ofSullivan's architecture remains solid and convincing. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Artists, Architects, Photographers    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Individual Architect    5. Individual Architects Of The 20th Century    6. Individual architects   

Subjects:  1. 1856-1924    2. 19th Century Architecture    3. Architects    4. Architecture, American    5. Biography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Sullivan, Louis H.,    8. United States    9. Architecture    10. History Of Art / Art & Design Styles    11. Sullivan, Louis H   

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good insight into their buildings
In this book, noted architectural scholar Donald Hoffman outlines the contributions of these two men and others to the fledgling skyscraper movement. Among the topics examined are the profit motive behind skyscraperconstruction, the importance of light in skyscraper design, Sullivan'ssoaring idealism, the "anti-skyscraper," exemplified by Wright'sPrice Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and many more. Read more

Subjects:  1. 1856-1924    2. 1867-1959    3. Architecture    4. Contributions in skyscraper de    5. Individual Architect    6. Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings    7. Skyscrapers    8. Sullivan, Louis H.,    9. United States    10. Wright, Frank Lloyd,    11. Architecture / General    12. Contributions in skyscraper design    13. Individual architects    14. Sullivan, Louis H    15. Wright, Frank Lloyd   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Architecture    3. Attribution    4. Charnley-Persky House (Chicago    5. Charnley-Persky House (Chicago, Ill.)    6. Chicago    7. General    8. Illinois    9. U.S. Architecture - General    10. Architecture / General   

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Well-written and enlightening, if self-indulgent.
Any student of architecture, particularly the modern movement, will enjoy reading this work by the mentor of Frank Lloyd Wright and, arguably, the father of modern architecture.In it, Louis Sullivan writes about himself growing from a child into a man, and recounts his personal drive, his fascination with nature, his love of man, bridges, engineering, and buildings, and his desire to create something new without the help of the dusty books of Neo-classicism.Louis Sullivan was never known for his modesty, and the tone of this book is nothing less than self-celebratory, which lends an overall optimistic tone to it.A bonus is the extensive photo plate section - it's interesting to see how his works grew as he did.Unfortunately the plates don't coincide with the text, which is the major flaw in this edition.Overall, though, it's wonderful insight into the mind of this influential architect. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1856-1924    2. Architects    3. Architecture    4. Artists, Architects, Photographers    5. Biography    6. Biography / Autobiography    7. History - General    8. Individual Architect    9. Sullivan, Louis H.,    10. United States    11. Architecture / General    12. History of ideas, intellectual history   

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What might have been
It was a tragic loss to all of us when the International architectural style swept through. Read more

Subjects:  1. Architects    2. Architecture    3. Biography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Chicago    6. Chicago school of architecture (Movement)    7. Illinois    8. Pictorial works    9. United States    10. Non-Classifiable    11. Sale Books   

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OK, not Great
I bought this book after about 10 seconds thought.The title was inspiring to me and I was hoping that it would lead me through Sullivan's methodology of decoration.Louis Sullivan is one of my favorite architects.After wading through the first few pages, however, I found the text almost impossible to follow.I began flipping pages to look at the pictures, but didn't find much inspiration there either.I'll keep looking for the great Sullivan book I'm dreaming of. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Exhibition Catalogs    3. Individual Architect    4. Architectural structure & design    5. Individual architects    6. Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc    7. USA   

Subjects:  1. 1856-1924    2. Architecture    3. Catalogs    4. Individual Architect    5. Individual Architects Of The 20th Century    6. Philosophy    7. Sullivan, Louis H.,    8. Sullivan, Louis,    9. U.S. Architecture - General    10. Biography: general    11. Theory of architecture   

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Cover Photo is Questionable
Sullivan's decorative designs are much cruder and less engaging than the design on the cover (The Schlesinger Mayer store) which is almost assuredely the work of his cheif draftsman, Geroge Grant Elmslie.Thistype of awesome interlace coincides with the years Elmslie was employed bySullivan and reappears on Elmslie's work after he leaves.Read more

Subjects:  1. 19th Century Architecture    2. 20th Century Architecture    3. Architecture    4. Individual Architect    5. Biography: general    6. Individual architects    7. Non-Classifiable    8. USA   

Subjects:  1. 1856-1924    2. 19th century    3. 20th century    4. Architectural & Industrial    5. Architectural Detail    6. Architecture    7. Chicago    8. Criticism and interpretation    9. Decoration & Ornament    10. Decoration and ornament, Archi    11. Decoration and ornament, Architectural    12. Illinois    13. Individual Architect    14. Individual Architects Of The 20th Century    15. Sullivan, Louis H.,    16. Individual architects   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. États-Unis    3. Sullivan, Louis H    4. United States   

Subjects:  1. 1856-1924    2. 19th Century Architecture    3. 20th Century Architecture    4. Architectural & Industrial    5. Architecture    6. History - General    7. Individual Architect    8. Individual Photographer    9. Sources    10. Sullivan, Louis H.,    11. Architecture / Individual Architect    12. Individual architects    13. Photographs: collections   

Subjects:  1. 19th Century Architecture    2. Architecture    3. Chicago    4. Illinois    5. Interior architecture    6. Organic architecture    7. Trading Room (Chicago Stock Ex    8. Trading Room (Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Chicago, Ill.)    9. Criticism and interpretation    10. Sullivan, Louis H   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Sullivan, Louis H    3. United States   

Subjects:  1. 1856-1924    2. Architecture    3. Archives    4. Individual Architect    5. Individual Architects Of The 20th Century    6. Sullivan, Louis H.,    7. Architecture / Individual Architect    8. Biography: general    9. Individual artists    10. Sullivan, Louis H   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Individual Architect    3. Minnesota    4. National Farmers' Bank (Owaton    5. Owatonna    6. Public buildings    7. Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings    8. Sullivan, Louis H.,   

Subjects:  1. 1856-1924    2. 20th century    3. Architecture    4. Carson Pirie Scott    5. Chicago    6. Criticism and interpretation    7. Department stores    8. Illinois    9. Individual Architects Of The 20th Century    10. Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings    11. Skyscrapers    12. Sullivan, Louis H.,    13. Architecture / Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings    14. Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc    15. Sullivan, Louis H    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. 1856-1924    2. 20th Century Architecture    3. Architecture    4. Functionalism (Architecture)    5. Individual Architect    6. Nature (Aesthetics)    7. Philosophy of nature    8. Sullivan, Louis H.,    9. Architecture / History    10. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    11. Sullivan, Louis H   

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The Early Louis Sullivan Building Photographs
If you love architecture and want to understand the birth of modernism and tall buildings in America, and uniqueness of the Chicago school of architecture -- the inspiration for generations of American architects including Sullivan's student Frank Lloyd Wright -- you have to have this book.It is a gorgeous work of art, the design of the book is so simple and compelling, the large plate photographs do justice to both the beauty and ingenuity of the architecture as well as the architectural photography.For lovers of art books, architecture, black and white photographs, for those who want to own a book as a piece of art, this is a wise investment.I know I treasure it -- reading it is like taking a journey to the past, one in which American architects still dared to dream. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1856-1924    2. Architecture    3. Chicago    4. Decoration and ornament    5. Decoration and ornament, Architectural    6. History - General    7. Illinois    8. Pictorial works    9. Planning    10. Sullivan, Louis H.,    11. Cleveland, Ralph D    12. Fuermann, Henry    13. Individual photographers    14. Photographs: collections    15. Sullivan, Louis H    16. Taylor, J. W   

Subjects:  1. 1856-1924    2. 19th Century Architecture    3. Architecture    4. Individual Architect    5. Philosophy    6. Sullivan, Louis    7. Sullivan, Louis H.,    8. History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900    9. Sullivan, Louis H