From: Hermit (hidden@lucifer.com)
Date: Tue Jul 01 2003 - 09:42:15 MDT
I'd only raise one quibble. As I see it, the development of "American architecture", outside of the Prairie Style movement (which was largely indigenous (think Sullivan) though massively influenced by Japanese (Wright) and German (Schinkel) architecture), was driven, by and large, by the refugees of the Bauhaus, Zehner Ring, International and Arbeitsrat für Kunst movements, who fled Europe when innovative design became impossible under the heel of the National Socialists. As one example, think just of the influence of (Ludwig) Mies van der Rohe (particularly his 1921 Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper and work at IIT) without whom, I'd suggest, Chicago and New York would look remarkably different.
Kind Regards
Hermit
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