American architect, 1856 to 1924, the leading designer of the early steel-frame tall building in Chicago and St. Louis, the Wainwright and Guaranty buildings above all, and the writer who declared in 1896 that form ever follows function. He gave the skyscraper its first artistic theory, trained Frank Lloyd Wright in his office, and died poor as classical fashion swept his manner away.
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Defining ContributionThe artistic theory of the skyscraper; form follows function 1 Connections
Associated With
AIA Gold Medal recipient 1944 posthumous
Source Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of ArchitectureBanister Fletcher, edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th edition)
Sullivan briefly studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1874 before returning to Chicago in 1875.
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He coined the phrase in his 1896 essay on the tall office building.
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Louis Sullivan was one of the leading Chicago School architects who rebuilt the city after the 1871 fire.
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In Style
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Influenced
Loos was inspired by Sullivan and the Chicago School, approving Sullivan's form follows function idea in his own writing.
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Wright worked at Adler and Sullivan and called Sullivan his Lieber Meister.
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Influenced By
Sullivan worked briefly in Jenney's Chicago office early in his career.
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Additional Source Wikipedia: William Le Baron Jenney
Works Designed
Designed by Louis Sullivan of Adler and Sullivan, a landmark early skyscraper.
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Sources
1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture
Banister Fletcher, edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th edition), Architectural Press, 1996Associated With: Chicago School
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation- Influenced: Frank Lloyd Wright
- Influenced: Adolf Loos
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Louis Sullivan (Wikipedia)
In Style: Chicago School, LeadQuote, In Style: Chicago School, Lead
He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School.
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