Louis Sullivan: the Struggle for American Architecture

Louis Sullivan: the Struggle for American Architecture

2010 en 97 minutes

Rating: 1

Plot

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.

Trailer

Trailer's not available.

Cast

Madolyn Smith Osborne

Madolyn Smith Osborne

Louis Sullivan (voice)

Mark Richard Smith

Mark Richard Smith

Narrator

Similar Movies

A City at Chandigarh

A City at Chandigarh

fr

October 1, 1966

Gaudi, Catalunya

Gaudi, Catalunya

ja

January 1, 1959

Googie

Googie

en

February 12, 2026

Capturing the Friedmans

Capturing the Friedmans

en

May 30, 2003

Coast Modern

Coast Modern

en

October 11, 2012

The Hermits

The Hermits

es

May 20, 2019

Bauhaus 100

Bauhaus 100

en

August 21, 2019

Housing a Dream

Housing a Dream

en

October 10, 2025

Das Geheimnis der Orte

Das Geheimnis der Orte

de

Invalid date

Le génie romain

Le génie romain

fr

September 19, 2024

Empire City

Empire City

en

July 1, 1985