Theory of Architecture II

Louis Henry Sullivan

September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924
 About Louis Sullivan

• Creator of Modern Skyscrapers

• Father of Modernism
• Theater Architects (Adler and Sullivan)
• Influential architect and critic
• Awardee of AIA Gold Medal in 1944
• Coined the phrase “Form Ever Follows
Function”
Prudential Bldg./Guaranty Bldg., NY 1894
Wainwright Building
Carson Pirie Scott Store
Chicago Stock Exchange
Peoples Federal Savings and Loan Association
National Farmers Bank
Krause Music Store Merchant’s National Bank
Peoples Savings Bank