Louis Skidmore

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American architect architect architectural firm human

Louis Skidmore was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which helped shape modernist architecture in the 20th century.

Aliases (1)

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ×7

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American architect → architect → architectural firm → human →
activeInPeriod	20th century →
coFounded	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill →
country	United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
employer	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill →
familyName	Skidmore →
fieldOfWork	architecture → architecture →
genre	modernist architecture →
givenName	Louis →
hasBusinessPartner	John Merrill → Nathaniel A. Owings →
hasFounder	John Merrill → Louis Skidmore → Nathaniel A. Owings →
influenced	20th-century corporate architecture → skyscraper design in the United States →
memberOf	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill →
movement	modernist architecture →
name	Louis Skidmore →
nationality	American →
notableFor	co-founding Skidmore, Owings & Merrill → modernist architecture → shaping 20th-century modernist architecture →
notableWork	modernist commercial buildings → modernist office towers →
occupation	architect →
workLocation	Chicago → New York City → United States of America →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill →	foundedBy
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill →	hasFounder
Louis Skidmore →	name