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2. Louis Sullivan - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Van Allen Building - Wikipedia

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   "Louis Sullivan The Function of Ornament" Edited by Wim de Witt - Chicago Historical Society - The Saint Louis Art Museum. (ISBN 0-393-30498-1) "Louis Sullivan Prophet of Modern Architecture" by Hugh Morrison "Small Town Sullivan" by Blair Kamin The Chicago Tribune May 26, 2006 Section 5 p. 1; The Clinton Herald December 7, 1909 p. 8

4. New Orleans Union Station - Wikipedia

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   New Orleans Union Station was the only train station architect Louis Sullivan designed. It was constructed in the architect's well-known 'Chicago School' style and decorated with his iconic ornament. Adler and Sullivan's head draftsman Frank Lloyd Wright was involved in the final work under Sullivan's supervision. Union Station was a three ...

5. Wainwright Building - Wikipedia

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   The Wainwright building was commissioned by Ellis Wainwright, a St. Louis brewer.Wainwright needed office space to manage the St Louis Brewers Association. [7] It was the second major commission for a tall building won by the Adler & Sullivan firm, which had grown to international prominence after the creation of the ten-story Auditorium Building in Chicago (designed in 1886 and completed in ...

6. Form follows function - Wikipedia

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   The Wainwright Building in St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Louis Sullivan and built in 1891, is emblematic of his famous maxim "form follows function".. Form follows function is a principle of design associated with late 19th- and early 20th-century architecture and industrial design in general, which states that the appearance and structure of a building or object (architectural form) should ...

7. Hawk retired from Licking County Foundation, still works ...

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   One of eight community banks designed by architect Louis Sullivan and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, it was built in 1914 and opened as the Home Building Association ...