Resultado de búsqueda
10 de abr. de 2024 · Louis Sullivan was an American architect, regarded as the spiritual father of modern American architecture and identified with the aesthetics of early skyscraper design. His more than 100 works in collaboration (1879–95) with Dankmar Adler include the Auditorium Building, Chicago (1887–89); the
25 de mar. de 2024 · The film, which begins at the turn of the last century, tells the story of visionary architect, Louis Sullivan (mentor of Frank Lloyd Wright) and his contemporaries, including his nearest...
Hace 1 día · The Woolworth Buildingis a residential building and early skyscraperat 233 Broadwayin the Tribecaneighborhood of Lower Manhattanin New York City, United States. Designed by Cass Gilbert, it was the tallest building in the world from 1913 to 1930, with a height of 792 feet (241 m).
18 de abr. de 2024 · There was the death of John Wellborn Root, an architect who not only played a key role in the development of the modern American skyscraper but was also a pioneering modernist like Sullivan. Then you have the classical direction of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition that he feared would set America back in the wrong direction.
8 de abr. de 2024 · Documentary 2010 1h 37m. The award-winning feature-length documentary about the revolutionary and brilliant Chicago architect Louis Sullivan (1856-1924). Known by historians as the 'father of the skyscraper' and creator of the iconic phrase 'form follows function,' Sullivan was on top of his profession in 1890.
Hace 1 día · Emporis. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. [1] The Willis Tower, originally the Sears Tower, is a 110- story, 1,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), it opened in 1973 ...
10 de abr. de 2024 · SIUE houses the world’s largest known collection of Sullivan’s ornamental artwork and salvaged architectural pieces on display for public view. Sullivan designed the first modern skyscraper, the Wainwright Building, built in St. Louis in 1890. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1968.
