Walter Burley Griffin and the Stinson Memorial Library
Subtitle: modernism comes to Main Street
By: by Paul Kruty ; with a contribution by Paul E. Sprague
Contributors: Walter Burley Griffin Society of America
Publisher: Walter Burley Griffin Society of America
Published: 2010
Place of publication: St. Louis, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
ISBN-13: 9780979358814
Subjects: Prairie school (Architecture); Buildings, structures; Stinson Memorial Library
Notes: Published by the Walter Burley Griffin Society of America in conjunction with its annual meeting held in Anna, Illinois on 22 May 2010.--T.p verso.

ISBN on back cover, 0-9793588-0-9 is incorrect; correct ISBN is on t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 57).
Table of contents: title: Building a library for Anna. A word about Anna, Illinois ; The donor ; Anna connections ; The architects ; Griffin's office in 1912 ; Design chronology ; Exhibition and publication ; Building's chronology I ; Paul F. Mueller ;Building's chronology II ; Chicago, Urbana, Australia, Building's chronology III ; Griffin's return; title: Portfolio of historic photographs; title: Creating a public architecture. The Stinson Memorial Library ; Griffin's design method and vocabulary ; Griffin's public buildings ; The American library ; Synthesizing influences ; Griffin's Landscape design for Anna / Paul E. Sprague ; Griffin as a landscape architect ; The landscape plan for the Stinson Memorial Library.