Description: The Autobiography of an Idea by Louis H. Sullivan, Press of the American Institute of Architects, Inc., New York, 1924, 330pp, cloth, 5.5 x 8", 12mo Fair condition. Staining to boards. Title in gilt on front board and spine. Library catalog info in white ink on spine. Minor bumping to tips. Bookplate for Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Gift of Mrs. J.A. Corcoran, on front pastedown. Stamp for Newton Campus Division of Boston College Libraries, Chestnut Hill, Mass. on front pastedown and rear flyleaf. Minor toning and age-staining to textblock. Marginalia on rear flyleaf and pastedown. Library circulation desk index card in pocket on rear pastedown. Binding is cracked. Please see photos. Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 - April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, 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 Wright and Henry Hobson Richardson, Sullivan is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture". The phrase "form follows function" is attributed to him, although his idea was theorized by Viollet le Duc, who considered that structure and function in architecture should be the sole determinants of form. In 1944, Sullivan was the second architect to posthumously receive the AIA Gold Medal. FORN-TUB-0046-BB-2406-JC881
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Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Cloth
Language: English
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Author: Louis H. Sullivan
Publisher: Press of the American Institute of Architects, Inc.
Topic: Architecture
Subject: History
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