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Most accounts of Western architecture in the first half of the twentieth century have concentrated on European functionalism and expressionism. Le Corbusier, Gropius and Mies van der Rohe have claimed the
limelight, although the genius of Frank Lloyd Wright has also been acknowledged. In this rather restricted context, relatively few office buildings of the period 1900 to 1940 have featured in the literature, no doubt because many conservative businessmen tended to shy away from radical – some said Bolshevik – brands of modern architecture. Continue reading →