the banks Weingarden, Lauren S. 1948- creator text bibliography mau 1987 monographic eng

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xvi, 144 p. : ill. ;col. ; 25 cm. Shows and describes the eight banks designed by influential Chicago architect, Louis Sullivan, and discusses his approach to design. Foreword by Kenneth Frampton -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- A Historical survey -- The critical legacy of the banks -- Making the ideal real: Sullivan's theory and practice -- Polychromy and the colors of nature -- "Form follows function" and the function of the "democratic plan" -- Sullivan's shift from transcendental idealism to pragmatist realism -- Making the real ideal: Arts and Crafts design, lighting, and technology -- Sullivan as image-maker for democracy: rural client and rural Main Street -- Color plates -- A catalogue of the banks -- Introduction -- National Farmer's Bank, Owatonna, Minnesota -- Peoples Savings Bank, Cedar Rapids, Iowa -- Land and Loan Office, Algona, Iowa -- Purdue State Bank, West Lafayette, Indiana -- Merchants National Bank, Grinnell, Iowa -- Home Building Association, Newark, Ohio -- Peoples Savings and Loan Association, Sidney, Ohio -- Farmers and Merchants Union Bank, Columbus, Wisconsin -- Lauren S. Weingarden. Include Bibliography Sullivan, Louis H 1856-1924 Criticism and interpretation Architecture, Modern Middle West History 20th century Prairie school (Architecture) Banks and banking Middle West Middle West NA712.5.P73 W45 1987 725.240924 0262231301 9780262231305 pucpr 870226 20220412145008.0 eng