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Louis Henry Sullivan was one of the foremost American architects, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School. Along with Henry Hobson Richardson and...

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2014 Reprint of 1926 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "The Autobiography of an Idea" is an account of Sullivan's career and his architectural theories. Sullivan was a spokesman for the reform of architecture, an opponent of historical eclecticism, and did much to remake the image of the architect as a creative personality. His own designs are characterized by richness of ornamen...

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Excerpt from Democracy: A Man-SearchWhile this vision of nature was the basis for Sullivan's esthetic of form and function, it was also, and more importantly in his man-centered philosophy, the basis for individual re-creation. By his own slow absorption in nature the student himself became organic. He re-established within himself a natural harmony of thought and feeling, reason and emotion, a harmony denied, Sullivan felt, by current academi...

Autobiografia di un'idea non è soltanto il racconto della vita dell'architetto Louis H. Sullivan, ma la narrazione della nascita e dello sviluppo dell'ideale che ne ha influenzato l'intera opera e il pensiero teorico. Animato da una costante fede nella forza degli uomini di operare, pensare e soprattutto immaginare, supportato da un acuto spirito di osservazione capace di rivelare con chiarezza disarmante la realtà delle cose, spinto dall'inti...

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Excerpt from Democracy: A Man-Search While this vision of nature was the basis for Sullivan's esthetic of form and function, it was also, and more importantly in his man-centered philosophy, the basis for individual re-creation. By his own slow absorption in nature the student himself became organic. He re-established within himself a natural harmony of thought and feeling, reason and emotion, a harmony denied, Sullivan felt, by current acade...

2014 Reprint of 1947 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Louis Henry Sullivan was one of the foremost American architects, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to...

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