The eight bank buildings Louis Sullivan designed late in his career are fondly remembered as his “jewel boxes.” The Old Home Bank in Newark, Ohio, was completed in 1915. It features elaborate ...

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Manfred Kirchheimer’s 2006 video documentary tells the story of Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright’s “dear master” and arguably Chicago’s greatest architect. Sullivan didn’t invent the skyscraper, but ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Join the Iowa Architectural Foundation (IAF) on April 2 for an in-person tour of two incredible historic buildings in Cedar Rapids designed by famed Chicago architect, Louis Sullivan.

Designed by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, the structure is often called the first modernist house in the world. The Charnley-Persky House is a rare two-fer in Chicago’s vast portfolio of ...

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