Louis Sullivan: Prophet of Modern Architecture
- ISBN-10
- 0393321614
- ISBN-13
- 9780393321616
- Series
- Louis Sullivan
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 362
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Hugh Morrison
Description
The best introduction to the work of one of America's most famous architects.
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- 2011
- 192 pages
- Paperback
- Pomegranate Communications
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