This volume brings together for the first time all the papers Louis Sullivan intended for a public audience, from his first interview in 1882 to his last essay in 1924. Organized chronologically, these speeches, interviews, essays, letters to editors, and committee reports enable readers to trace Sullivan's development from a brash young assistant to Dankmar Adler to an architectural elder statesman. Robert Twombly, an authority on Sullivan's work and life, has introduced each document with a headnote explaining its significance, locating it in time and place, and examining its immediate...

A paperback version of a biography of one of America's most important cultural figures. Twombly analyzes Wright's work by type, category and individual structure. He traces Wright's struggle to develop a new artistic statement, and examines his dramatic personal life, including his several marriages, affairs and frequent scandals. 150 illustrations are featured, along with photographs, floor plans and drawings, plus many photographs from the author's and Wright's son's personal collection. In addition, extensive footnotes and a bibliography of Wright's published works are presented.