Louis Henri Sullivan, Architect (1856-1924)
Louis H. Sullivan is best known for being at the forefront of American architecture and skyscraper design in the late 1800′s. With his architectural background stemming from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Sullivan settled in the booming metropolis of Chicago and joined fellow “American” architects Henry Hobson Richardson, John Wellborn Root and Frank Lloyd Wright in emphasizing the design principle, “Form Follows Function”. Sullivan embraced the new industrialized architecture, the steel-framed skyscraper, but covered the modern skeletal structure with architectural elements recalling early nineteenth century neo-classicism.