TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weingarden,Lauren S.
TI  - Louis H. Sullivan: the banks. 
SN  - 0262231301
AV  - NA712.5.P73 W45 1987
U1  - 725.240924 19
PY  - 1987///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The MIT Press
KW  - Sullivan, Louis H.,
KW  - Architecture, Modern
KW  - Middle West
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Prairie school (Architecture)
KW  - Banks and banking
N1  - Include Bibliography; 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 --
N2  - Shows and describes the eight banks designed by influential Chicago architect, Louis Sullivan, and discusses his approach to design
ER  -