master architect louis sullivan
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He was an American architect, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism".
Born: September 3, 1856, Boston, Massachusetts, U.SDied: April 14, 1924(age 67), Chicago, Illinois, U.SEducation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, English High School of BostonAwards: AIA Gold Medal in 1944Influenced by: Henry Hobson RichardsonInfluenced: Frank Lloyd Wright
Louis Henry Sullivan
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Who was Louis Sullivan?
And what was his contribution to Modern Architecture?
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He was an architect that has been created as being the “ father of the modern skyscraper”
The Masonic Temple in Boston, MA that inspired Sullivan to become an architect.
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"It is the pervading law of all things organic, and inorganic, of all things physical and metaphysical, of all things human and all things super-human, of all true manifestations of the head, of the heart, of the soul, that the life is recognizable in its expression, that form ever follows function. This is the law."
His Famous Quote:
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His Philosophy
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Facts About Louis Sullivan:
He was born to an Irish-born father, Patrick Sullivan, and a Swiss-born mother, Andrienne List.
In 1862, his grandparents bought a farm in South Reading (now Wakefield), Massachusetts, enabling Louis to spend summers and occasionally entire school years in the country, from which Louis Sullivan developed a lifelong love of nature.
He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper
He was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School
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Facts About Louis Sullivan:
He was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright
He’s an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School.
Along with Henry Hobson Richardson and Frank Lloyd Wright, Sullivan is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture“
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AIA Gold Medal
His Award
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HIS WORKS
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References:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0yuIqzoPmSA
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Louis_H._Sullivan.html
http://architecture.about.com/od/greatarchitects/p/sullivan.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Sullivan