He studied at MIT and worked under Major Jenney, architect of the first steel-frame skyscraper.
He studied at MIT and worked under Major Jenney, architect of the first steel-frame skyscraper. In Chicago, he fought against the architectural eclecticism and classical dominance of C.F. McKim and Stanford White. He achieved fame for his expression of function as exemplified in such structures as the Guaranty Building in Buffalo and the Gage and Stock Exchange Buildings in Chicago. FTP, name the architect most famous for the first skyscraper to freely recognize the steel skeleton, the Wainwright building.
He studied at MIT and worked under Major Jenney, architect of the first steel-frame skyscraper.
Louis Sullivan