Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · New York : A. A. Knopf · leaf 34
consciously such a spell upon the mindseven of his critics and detractors, tliat it resulted inthe emancipation of this type of building from anabsurd and impossible convention-—the practice,common before his time, of piling order upon or-der, like a house of cards, or by a succession ofstrongly… … PLATE III. THE PRUDENTIAL BUILDING, BUFFALO, N. Y. Before the War predecessors dealt always with trepidation andequivocation, Mr. Sullivan approached with confi-dence and joy. What, he asked himself, is thechief characteristic of the tall office building? Itis lofty. This loftiness is to the…
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 · Architecture · Architecture -- United States · Decoration and ornament
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