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Louis Sullivan

États-Unis · Sur la carte · Architectes · 1856 - 1924 · 67 ans

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Louis Henry Sullivan, né le 3 septembre 1856 à Boston et mort à Chicago le 14 avril 1924, est un architecte américain. Il est considéré comme le père des gratte-ciel et du modernisme.

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1924Décès14 avril 19241902“The tyranny alike of church and state has been curbed, and true power is now known to reside where forever it must remain - in the people.”Ses propres motsFirst read before the Architectural League of America, Toronto (1902), later published in Kindergarten Chats (revised 1918) and Other

“An art of expression should begin with childhood, and the lucid use of one's mother tongue should be typical of that art.”Ses propres motsFirst read before the Architectural League of America, Toronto (1902), later published in Kindergarten Chats (revised 1918) and Other

“I am not of those who believe in lackadaisical methods.”Ses propres motsFirst read before the Architectural League of America, Toronto (1902), later published in Kindergarten Chats (revised 1918) and Other

1896“All things in nature have a shape, that is to say, a form, an outward semblance, that tells us what they are, that distinguishes them from ourselves and from each other.”Ses propres motsmars 1896"The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered" in Lippincott's Magazine (mars 1896)

1894“Man, by means of his physical power, his mechanical resources, his mental ingenuity, may set things side by side.”Ses propres mots"Emotional Architecture as Compared to Intellectual : A Study in Subjective and Objective", an address to the American Institute of

“The schools, having found the object of their long, blind searching, shall teach directness, simplicity, naturalness: they shall protect the young against palpable illusion.”Ses propres mots"Emotional Architecture as Compared to Intellectual : A Study in Subjective and Objective", an address to the American Institute of

1856Naissance3 septembre 1856

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  1. Truly we are face to face with great things. The mind of youth should be squarely turned to these phenomena.

    1902 · First read before the Architectural League of America, Toronto (1902), later published in Kindergarten Chats (revised 1918) and Other, Ses propres mots

  2. High ideals make a people strong. … decay comes when ideals wane.

    1902 · First read before the Architectural League of America, Toronto (1902), later published in Kindergarten Chats (revised 1918) and Other, Ses propres mots

  3. We must now heed the imperative voice of emotion. It demands of us, What is the chief characteristic of the tall office building? And at once we answer, it is lofty.

    mars 1896 · "The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered" in Lippincott's Magazine (mars 1896), Ses propres mots

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Membre de l'American Institute of Architects

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1856 - 1924 · 67 ans