Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 · New York : A. A. Knopf · leaf 46
walls. Neither edifice will stand the acid test of Mr.Sullivans formula, that a building is an organismand should follow the law of organisms, which de-crees that the form must everywhere follow and ex-press the function, the function determining andcreating its appropriate form. Here are two… … Before the War despite its falsity, is a true expression of the condi-tions which gave it birth. The grandeur of Rome, the splendour of Paris—what just and adequate expression do they giveof modem American life? Then shall we find inour great hotels, say, such expression? Truly theyrepresent, in…
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 · Architecture · Architecture -- United States · Decoration and ornament
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