Louis+Sullivan



Louis Henri Sullivan was an American architect, and has been called the "father of modernism." He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper. He also completed the ten story Wainright building in St. Louis in 1891. The Wainright building consisted of a steel skeleton sheathed in red sandston, granite, brick, and a from of baked red called terra cotta. He was born September 4, 1856 and died on April 14, 1924.

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