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Louis Sullivan

Early Modern Movement Architecture

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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Birth Year
1856 1
Death Year
1924 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
The artistic theory of the skyscraper; form follows function 1
Louis Sullivan
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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.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

He coined the phrase in his 1896 essay on the tall office building.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Louis Sullivan was one of the leading Chicago School architects who rebuilt the city after the 1871 fire.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Influenced

Loos was inspired by Sullivan and the Chicago School, approving Sullivan's form follows function idea in his own writing.

Source Wikipedia

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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Works Designed

Designed by Louis Sullivan of Adler and Sullivan, a landmark early skyscraper.

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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
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Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture
Banister Fletcher, edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th edition), Architectural Press, 1996Associated With: Chicago School
Wikipedia
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  • Influenced: Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Influenced By: William Le Baron Jenney
  • Influenced: Adolf Loos
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