The Autobiography of an Idea
Автор:
Louis H. SullivanЖанр:
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2025-06-03Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
92
Description
Louis Sullivan was one of the most important architects working at the turn of the 20th century. His most well-known work was done in Chicago as part of the firm of Adler and Sullivan, but he also designed well-regarded buildings in cities like Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Buffalo. He has been called both the “father of the skyscraper” and the “father of modernism,” as well as being the progenitor of the famous maxim “form follows function.”
Building in the seething crucible of progress that was post-fire Chicago, Sullivan put that famous maxim—the “idea” of his autobiography—to use by creating forms and grammars for the new kinds of high-rise buildings made...
