The Art of Architecture: Perspectives on Sullivan & Nickel Afternoon Session
This program was recorded on October 22, 2022
This day-long symposium explored important themes in the architecture of Louis Sullivan and the photography by Richard Nickel that documented the destruction of many of Adler & Sullivan’s most important Chicago buildings. The Art of Architecture: Perspectives on Sullivan & Nickel brought together experts to discuss topics as diverse as the power of photography, the neuroscience behind ornamentation, and the impact and benefits of preservation on the urban built environment.
Afternoon Session:
0:00 Louis Sullivan, Color, and the City Street, David van Zanten
45:46 Ornament and Emotion in the Built Environment, Matt McNicholas
1:25:57 Voices from the Richard Nickel Committee, Richard Cahan, Ward Miller, Tim Samuelson, and John Vinci. Geoffrey Baer is the moderator.