During the early 20th century Ransome in Beverly, Massachusetts, Albert Kahn
in Detroit, and Richard E. Schmidt in Chicago promoted concrete for
utilitarian buildings with their "factory style," featuring an exposed
concrete skeleton filled with expanses of glass. Thomas Edison's castinplace
reinforced concrete homes in Union Township, New Jersey, proclaimed a
similarly functional emphasis in residential construction (see fig. 4). From
the 1920s onward, concrete began to be used with spectacular design results:
in James J. Earley and Louis Bourgeois' exuberant, graceful Baha'i Temple in
Wilmette, Illinois (see cover); and in Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece
"Fallingwater" near Mill Run, Pennsylvania (see fig. 5). Eero Saarinen's
soaring Terminal Building at Dulles International Airport outside
Washington, D.C., exemplifies the masterful use of concrete achieved in the
Modern era.


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Subject: Clue in us newbies, re: Earley


What exactly is his claim to fame?  Concrete connoisseur?

Christopher Gray