Reply To: Cathedrals of Commerce

Of course, while we can say that AMerican architecture is new compared to Europe sometimes, lets not forget the Louis Sullivan stuff way back, and its influence.

http://www.cgarchitect.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=next_topic;f=5;t=000491;go=older

The idea of using Steel and building higher, in the picture one is covered in masonry, the other expressing its material – that must have been really cool in its day – when Mies first used steel as ornament.

Notice how the people are too tall in the image though and it ruins something that was very, very well rendered.