Louis Sullivan Buildings: Louis Sullivan, Prudential Building, Wainwright Building, Auditorium Building, Carson, Pirie

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Louis Sullivan, Prudential Building, Wainwright Building, Auditorium Building, Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building, Van Allen Building, Bayard-Condict Building, Merchants' National Bank, Pilgrim Baptist Church, St. Paul United Methodist Church, National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna, James Charnley House, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Peoples Savings Bank, Carrie Eliza Getty Tomb, Gage Group Buildings, Henry Adams Building, Home Building Association Bank, Farmers and Merchants Union Bank, New Orleans Union Station, Harold C. Bradley House, Dexter Building, Krause Music Store, People's Federal Savings and Loan Association, Purdue State Bank, Jewelers' Building, Louis Sullivan Bungalow. Excerpt: Louis Henri Sullivan (September 3, 1856 - April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called the father of skyscrapers and father of modernism He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, was 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 Sullivan was born to an Irish-born father and a Swiss-born mother, both of whom had immigrated to the United States in the late 1840s. He grew up living with his grandmother in South Reading (now Wakefield), Massachusetts. Louis spent most of his childhood learning about nature while on his grandparent's farm. In the later years of his primary education, his experiences varied quite a bit. He would spend a lot of time by himself wandering around Boston. He explored every street looking at the surrounding buildings. This was around the time when he developed his fascination with buildings and he decided he would one day become a structural engineer/architect. While attending high school Sullivan met Moses W...