Louis sullivan autobiography


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    Louis Sullivan

    American architect

    For other people named Louis Sullivan, see Louis Sullivan (disambiguation).

    Louis Henry Sullivan

    c.

    1895

    BornSeptember 3, 1856

    Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

    DiedApril 14, 1924(1924-04-14) (aged 67)

    Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

    OccupationArchitect

    Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924)[1] was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers"[2] and "father of modernism".[3] 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.

    Along with Wright and Henry Hobson Richardson, Sullivan is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture."[4] The phrase "form follows function" is attributed to him, although the idea was theorised by Viollet le Duc who considered that structure and function in arc