Kindergarten Chats and Other Writings"Form ever follows function," declared one of America's most original and influential architects in this, his most famous book. A reprint of the definitive 1918 edition, this bold, thought-provoking volume features dialogs, or "chats," about architecture, art, education, and life in general. Eight additional papers supplement the text, along with 17 illustrations.ÿÿ |
Contents
List of Illustrations | 13 |
Foreword | 15 |
Kindergarten Chats | 17 |
18851906 | 175 |
Characteristics and Tendencies of American Architecture | 177 |
What is the Just Subordination in Architectural Design of Details to Mass? | 182 |
Ornament in Architecture | 187 |
Emotional Architecture as Compared with Intellectual A Study in Objective and Subjective | 191 |
The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered | 202 |
The Young Man in Architecture | 214 |
Education | 224 |
What is Architecture A Study in the American People of Today | 227 |
243 | 243 |
D | 249 |
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