Book Description
This carefully researched and profusely illustrated work offers abundant insights into the early development of the skyscraper and the influence of two master builders who played key roles in its evolution. Rare photos, floor plans, and renderings document such influential structures as Sullivan’s Wainwright Building in St. Louis, Wright’s Larkin building in Buffalo, New York, and many others.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan and the Skyscraper FROM THE PUBLISHER
This carefully researched and profusely illustrated work offers abundant insights into the early development of the skyscraper and the influence of two master builders who played key roles in its evolution. Rare photos, floor plans, and renderings document such influential structures as Sullivan’s Wainwright Building in St. Louis, Wright’s Larkin building in Buffalo, New York, and many others.
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Abundant insights into early development of the skyscraper, influence of two master builders. Rare photos, floor plans of Sullivan’s Wainwright Building in St. Louis, Wright’s Larkin building in Buffalo, many others.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
Architectural historian Hoffman uses photographs, sketches, and floor plans from such structures as Sullivan's Wainwright building in St. Louis and Wright's Price Tower in Bartlesville, OK to explore the evolution of the skyscraper and the contribution of architects to its development. Topics include the use of light, the profit motive behind construction, Sullivan's idealism, and Wright's "anti-skyscraper." A Dover original publication. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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