Article: Sullivan, Louis Henry

SULLIVAN, LOUIS HENRY


Louis Henry Sullivan (1856 1924) inspired design and construction ideas for the most significant twentieth century American buildings, and for that he was called the "Father of Modern Architecture." He was the inventor, and often the builder, of the uniquely American "skyscraper," the tall buildings that created the great skylines of U.S. cities like New York and Chicago. His philosophy of building was also his philosophy of art. Sullivan designed the model for workplaces used by many modern businesses. He created the tall, densely-built downtown areas of the twentieth century U.S. metropolis; he created the visual reality of a kind of architecture in which ...

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