Francon spends more time in societal events than designing, and he lacks any real skill in architecture. Meanwhile, Peter Keating begins working for an extremely successful architect, Guy Francon. Cameron’s refusal to conform only increases the public’s aversion to his work, solidifying his downfall. However, his work is increasingly deemed unsuitable and henceforth rejected.
Cameron begins his career successfully, and his provocative designs end up with the advent of the first skyscraper.
Roark works the next three years for a disgraced architect, Henry Cameron, whose ideas are too revolutionary for current times. Peter Keating does exactly what his professors and the school want him to and graduates with highest honors. Because of this “insubordination,” Roark is expelled. However, Roark refuses to design in the way they want him to. The Institute is filled with people who preach and advocate for a design of tradition.
Howard Roark is a student at the Stanton Institute of Technology together with another student, Peter Keating. “The Fountainhead” details the struggles and challenges of an individualistic and brilliant architect, Howard Roark, and the people who surround him. Written in 1943 by Ayn Rand, the founder of the philosophy of Objectivism, “The Fountainhead” is set in New York City and spans the decades of the 1920s and 1930s.
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