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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.
Louis Wade Sullivan (born November 3, 1933) is an active health policy leader, minority health advocate, author, physician, and educator.He served as the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services during President George H. W. Bush's Administration and was Founding Dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Louis Graydon Sullivan (June 16, 1951 – March 2, 1991) [1] was an American author and activist known for his work on behalf of trans men. He was perhaps the first transgender man to publicly identify as gay, [ 2 ] and is largely responsible for the modern understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity as distinct, unrelated concepts.
Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan is a 2006 documentary film by Manfred Kirchheimer that attempts to tell the story of how Louis Sullivan designed skyscrapers. The film begins by placing the viewer in late 19th century Chicago just after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The film takes the viewer through the early development of ...
While the bank housed in the structure and its location, the small town of Grinnell, did not warrant wide national attention, yet the unveiling of the Louis Sullivan building was given national coverage in the architectural press of the day. The Merchants' Bank was featured in an eleven-page spread in The Western Architect's February 1916 edition.
The Krause Music Store is a 1922 structure designed Louis Sullivan and is a National Historic Landmark Building. It is the last of the 126 buildings designed by Sullivan. [2] [3] With its curvilinear plant-like forms and intricate framing of the picture window, the façade of this building is an outgrowth of Sullivan's belief in organic ...
The ornamental flourishes at the top of Sullivan's façade were pushed upwards when four stories were added in 1902 by different architects. This is one of only five buildings in Chicago designed by Louis Sullivan as a solo architect that are still standing. The two smaller buildings to the south are also part of the Gage Group Buildings.
The curve of the arch: The story of Louis Sullivan's Owatonna Bank (1985). Minnesota Historical Society Press. Morrison, Hugh. Louis Sullivan, Prophet of Modern Architecture. New York City: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393001164.