Louis Sullivan: the Struggle for American Architecture

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1h 37mDocumentary

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. Then a series of setbacks plunged him into destitute obscurity from which he never recovered. Yet his persistent belief in the power of his ideas created some of America's most beautiful buildings ever created, and inspired Sullivan's protégé, Frank Lloyd Wright, to fulfill his own dream of a truly American style of architecture.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 foll... Read more

Starring Madolyn Smith Osborne, Mark Richard Smith

Watch "Louis Sullivan: the Struggle for American Architecture" on Amazon released in 2010. It's a documentary movie, and has a rating of 8.4 out of 10 from Imdb which is very high for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.