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Louis Henry Sullivan: (September 3, 1856 - April 14, 1924)

Louis Henry Sullivan was an influential American architect born in 1856 who is considered the father of skyscrapers and modernism. Some of his most famous quotes emphasize that architectural form should follow function and reflect the true needs and nature of its users, with the ideal architect combining vision, imagination, intellect and sympathy to create poems in stone through vernacular designs of their time.

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Louis Henry Sullivan: (September 3, 1856 - April 14, 1924)

Louis Henry Sullivan was an influential American architect born in 1856 who is considered the father of skyscrapers and modernism. Some of his most famous quotes emphasize that architectural form should follow function and reflect the true needs and nature of its users, with the ideal architect combining vision, imagination, intellect and sympathy to create poems in stone through vernacular designs of their time.

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Louis Henry Sullivan

(September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924)


American architect
The father of skyscrapers
The father of modernism
“ FORM EVER FOLLOWS FUNCTION.”
“ OUR ARCHITECTURE REFLECTS
TRULY AS A MIRROR.”
"THE ARCHITECT WHO COMBINES IN
HIS BEING THE POWERS OF VISION,
OF IMAGINATION, OF INTELLECT, OF
SYMPATHY WITH HUMAN NEED AND
THE POWER TO INTERPRET THEM IN
A LANGUAGE VERNACULAR AND
TIME--- IS HE WHO SHALL CREATE
POEMS IN STONE."

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