Louis Sullivan: Creating a New American Architecture
“I recommend any lover of progressive design to pick-up a copy of this book and discover something new to love and respect about Louis Sullivan, giant of American Architecture.” --Eric O'Malley,PrairieMod.com“Two hundred photographs conjure up a vision of Sullivan's works as he created them and as the surviving ones exist in today's environment. Caulfield s large interior photos the camera positioning carefully noted allow the reader to visually enter the lavish spaces. Cannon's extensive biographical narrative offers insight into why this great architect, famous by age 40, died in near poverty 27 years later.” --Style 1900 Magazine“While he precedes each section with biographical detail, Cannon maintains the focus on Sullivan's work, including contemporary photography of each of his extant buildings in Chicago and several outside the city, as well as period photographs of important demolished sites such as the Schiller Building. James Caulfield's rich and detailed photography captures the Art Nouveau grace and Prairie School simplicity of skyscrapers, warehouses, churches and temples, banks and private homes, and salvaged fragments of dismantled buildings including the Chicago Stock Exchange.” --Book News Inc.