Louis Sullivan & the Chicago School

by Nancy Frazier

Book Overview

Referred to by Frank Lloyd Wright as The Master, Sullivan was the leading figure in a group of Chicago architects who changed the face of the urban skyline when, in 1891, the tallest commercial... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 051705292X
• ISBN13: 9780517052921
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Gramercy Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.6" x 14.5"

Customer Reviews

What might have been

It was a tragic loss to all of us when the International architectural style swept through. Louis Sullivan and the Chicago School shows the richly decorated, interesting surfaces that were replaced by the International style's boring expanses of glass. Buy a copy of this book and savor images of buildings we don't make anymore.