Louis Sullivan

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American architect architect human

Louis Sullivan was a pioneering American architect often called the "father of skyscrapers" and a key figure in the Chicago School, known for his innovative high-rise designs and the maxim "form follows function."

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Label Occurrences
Louis Sullivan canonical 48
Louis H. Sullivan 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect ⓘ
architect ⓘ
human ⓘ
basedIn City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
burialPlace Graceland Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1856-09-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1924-04-14 ⓘ
designed steel-frame high-rise buildings ⓘ
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
employer Adler & Sullivan ⓘ
era early 20th century architecture ⓘ
late 19th century architecture ⓘ
familyName Sullivan ⓘ
fieldOfWork architectural ornament ⓘ
commercial architecture ⓘ
skyscraper design ⓘ
genre organic architecture ⓘ
givenName Louis ⓘ
hasOccupation architectural theorist ⓘ
influenced Chicago School architecture ⓘ
surface form: Chicago School architects

Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
motto form follows function ⓘ
movement Chicago School architecture ⓘ
surface form: Chicago School of architecture

Modern architecture ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
nickname father of modernism ⓘ
father of skyscrapers ⓘ
notableIdea form follows function ⓘ
notableWork Auditorium Building ⓘ
Carson Pirie Scott Building ⓘ
Guaranty Building ⓘ
National Farmers Bank of Owatonna ⓘ
Schlesinger & Mayer Store ⓘ
Transportation Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
Wainwright Building ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
partner Dankmar Adler ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Illinois ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
wrote The Autobiography of an Idea ⓘ

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Holabird & Roche → influencedBy → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Henry Hobson Richardson → influenced → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States → hasNotableBurial → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
subject surface form: Graceland Cemetery
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States → hasArchitect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
subject surface form: Graceland Cemetery
Frank Lloyd Wright → influencedBy → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Frank Furness → influenced → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Chicago School architecture → hasNotablePractitioner → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Graceland Cemetery → hasArchitect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Graceland Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Gage Building (Chicago) → hasOrnamentalFacadeBy → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Gage Building (Chicago) → hasArchitect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Gage Building (Chicago) → hasFacadeDesigner → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Prairie School → notableProponent → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Auditorium Building → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
World’s Columbian Exposition design team → member → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Sullivan → hasNotableBearer → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Auditorium Theatre → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Sullivan Center → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Sullivan Center → namedAfter → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
William Le Baron Jenney → influenced → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Adler & Sullivan → foundedBy → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
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Adler & Sullivan → keyMember → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Adler & Sullivan → hasArchitect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Wainwright Building → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Carson Pirie Scott Building → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Bellefontaine Cemetery → WainwrightTombArchitect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Getty Tomb → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Getty Tomb → associatedWith → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Gage Group → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Auditorium Building (Chicago) → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Guaranty Building → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Guaranty Building → significantArchitect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
National Farmers Bank of Owatonna → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
National Farmers Bank of Owatonna → associatedArchitect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louis H. Sullivan
National Farmers Bank of Owatonna → significantArchitect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Schlesinger & Mayer Store → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Transportation Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Transportation Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition → ornamentDesigner → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
The Autobiography of an Idea → author → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
The Autobiography of an Idea → mainSubject → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
William Eugene Drummond → employer → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
William Eugene Drummond → influencedBy → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Gage Building → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
George Grant Elmslie → workedWith → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
George Grant Elmslie → influencedBy → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Charnley–Persky House → architect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Carson Pirie Scott → flagshipStoreBuildingArchitect → Louis Sullivan ⓘ