Louis Sullivan
Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the
Chicago School, 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. Along with Wright and
Henry Hobson Richardson, Sullivan is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture." The phrase "
form follows function" is attributed to him; it encapsulated earlier theories of architecture and he applied them to the modern age of the
skyscraper. In 1944, Sullivan was the second architect to posthumously receive the
AIA Gold Medal.
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