2. Louis Henry Sullivan
He was an American
architect, and has been called
the "father of skyscrapers" and
"father of modernism".
Born: September
3, 1856, Boston,
Massachuse
tts, U.S
Died: April 14, 1924(age
67), Chicago, Illinois, U.S
Education: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, English
High School of Boston
Awards: AIA Gold Medal in
1944
Influenced by: Henry Hobson
Richardson
Influenced: Frank Lloyd Wright

3. Who was Louis Sullivan?
And what was his contribution to
Modern Architecture?

4. 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.

9. His Famous Quote:
"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

10. His Philosophy

12. 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

13. 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“

14. His Award
AIA Gold
Medal

21. References:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=play
er_detailpage&v=0yuIqzoPmSA
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Lou
is_H._Sullivan.html
http://architecture.about.com/od/greatarchite
cts/p/sullivan.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Sullivan