Three American Architects: Richardson, Sullivan, and Wright, 1865-1915

by James F. O'Gorman

Book Overview

O'Gorman discusses the individual and collective achievement of the recognized trinity of American architecture: Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-86), Louis Sullivan (1856-1924), and Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959). He traces the evolution of forms created during these architects' careers, emphasizing the interrelationships among them and focusing on the designs and executed buildings that demonstrate those interrelationships. O'Gorman also shows how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226620719
• ISBN13: 9780226620718
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Overview & Analysis

A concise and thoughtful work; a scholarly yet very easy read. O'Gorman's positioning of Richardson's work as a manifestation of Emerson's call for 'an American beauty' to arise from the 'shop and the mill' as well as the 'field and roadside' is spot-on. This approach resonated through the work of both Sullivan and Wright and, to me, indicates a path that is still relevant (yet often missing) in American architecture today.