100 Black Men Host Annual Conference Jul 8, 2008
Additional awardees for the evening included: Dr. Ian Smith (Man of the Year Award), Dr. Celeste Clark (Woman of the Year Award), Melvin Van Peebles (Lifetime Achievement Award), Dr. Louis Sullivan (Lifetime Achievement Award), The Three Doctors: Dr. Sampson Davis, Dr. Rameck Hunt, Dr, George Jenkins (My Bother's Keeper Award) and Barrington Irving (Trailblazer Award). Dr. Ian Smith, The Three Doctors and Melvin Van Peebles were all inducted as honorary members of the 100 during the Black Tie... (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
Frank Lloyd Wright's Rowing Boathouse and Gardener's Cottage Added to 2008 Tours of Buffalo's Historic Architecture Jan 15, 2008
Buffalo, New York (PRWEB) January 15, 2008 -- Buffalo, New York is a city of great American architecture and art, from famous architects-- , Louis Sullivan, H.H. Richardson--to exceptional art collections like that of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, to the center of the Arts & Crafts Movement at the Roycroft Inn and Campus. This spring, don't miss out on Frank Lloyd Wright's Buffalo. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Leading Transbay tower proposal has potential but plays it too safe Sep 24, 2007
Good thing Louis Sullivan can't see the design of what could become the tallest tower in San Francisco ... Louis Sullivan would approve. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Chicago: Tracing modern architecture Sep 19, 2007
LOUIS SULLIVAN (1856-1924): AMERICAN VISION ... Louis Sullivan was Wright's mentor. (CNN -- Travel)
DNA tests tie Atlantans to Africa Jul 19, 2007
Among the latest to learn their origins: Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, artist Fahamu Pecou, jazz musician Russell Gunn and Louis Sullivan, the former head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The results of their DNA tests were revealed during an invitation-only "Family Reunion" Tuesday night at a South Fulton conference center. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
For sale in Chicago: Huge room, no windows Jul 13, 2007
The Art Institute of Chicago rebuilt the Chicago Stock Exchange trading floor, designed by Louis Sullivan in 1894 and demolished in 1972, as an exhibit. The exchange left another trading floor in 1985, which now houses employees who work in commercial lending at JPMorgan Chase. (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)
Pork Bellies to Beer Bellies? Chicago's Merc Ponders Fate of Trading Floor Jul 12, 2007
The Art Institute of Chicago rebuilt the Chicago Stock Exchange trading floor, designed by Louis Sullivan in 1894 and demolished in 1972, as an exhibit. The exchange left another trading floor in 1985 at 120 S. LaSalle Street, which now houses employees who work in commercial lending at JPMorgan Chase & Co.. (Bloomberg -- US)
John Szarkowski; curator elevated art of photography Jul 10, 2007
Today's Globe Local Politics Opinion Magazine Education NECN Special reports Obituaries. After retiring as director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, John Szarkowski returned to taking and presenting his own photographs. (Boston Globe)
Five Ways to Celebrate the First-Ever 'Architecture Week' in Chicago Apr 10, 2007
Home to masterpieces by such visionaries as Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Chicago is a place where architecture is talked about, admired and appreciated. And what better time to celebrate Chicago's stunning architecture than during the first-ever "Architecture Week," which kicks off today. (PR Newswire)
Frank's Home Jan 31, 2007
Frank Lloyd Wright - Peter Weller Catherine - Maggie Siff Helen Girvin - Holley Fain William - Jeremy Strong Louis Sullivan - Harris Yulin Miriam Noel - Mary Beth Fisher Lloyd - Jay Whittaker Kenneth - Chris Henry Coffey ... "People think we control what we create, but we don't," he cries out in an unguarded moment to his friend and mentor, the great Louis Sullivan, a sad old wreck in Harris Yulin's masterful perf. (Variety)
An architect's home life built as a house of cards Jan 31, 2007
Wright invites the older, ailing architect Louis Sullivan - another out-of-fashion Chicago superstar - to visit him in his sunny new world. In an arguable leap of faith, Nelson conceives Sullivan as gay. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
December Reviews Dec 7, 2006
That marine biologist Ernst Haeckel's drawings of sea squirts (above) resemble antique Christmas ornaments, or that his jellyfish look like the balusters of a Louis Sullivan staircase, is more than coincidental. Courtesy of Prestel Publishing 2006. (Discover Magazine)
Historic Chicago home designed by Sullivan destroyed by fire Nov 5, 2006
CHICAGO - A historic North Side home designed by renowned architect Louis Sullivan has been ravaged by fire, the third such city structure brought down by a blaze this year. Known as the George Harvey House, the single family residence was designed by Sullivan and fellow architect Dankmar Adler and was completed in 1888, according to Preservation Chicago. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
What we need to do now is tell the world Oct 9, 2006
We have masterworks from the Big Three of American architecture - Wright, H.H. Richardson and Louis Sullivan. We have a glorious modern art museum, a landmark parks system and East Aurora's Roycroft center - home of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. (Buffalo News)
Chicago is an architectural feast of masterpieces Sep 18, 2006
For example, a Louis Sullivan building houses a Carson department store, and the art deco Carbide and Carbon skyscraper now contains the Hard Rock Hotel (866-966-5166. Q: We'll be in Stuttgart and want to take some one- or two-day trips in southern Germany and nearby Austria and Switzerland. (Buffalo News -- Arts)
At Taliesin, Maybe the Walls Can Talk Sep 4, 2006
Maybe it will happen on Page 8, when the authors describe the teenage Wright daydreaming about sex, drifting into his "moist dream space." Or on Page 17, when they write that the young architect was so entranced watching his mentor Louis Sullivan at the drafting table "the languid lines coursing through his ornamental detailing" that he became "ashamed by his own pleasure.". It will certainly have become clear by Page 47, when we learn that the mystic Georgi Gurdjieff, a Svengali of sorts for... (Los Angeles Times)
Chicago prepares to celebrate architect Louis Sullivan's 150th birthday Sep 3, 2006
CHICAGO - For a guy born 150 years ago, architect Louis Sullivan has been in the news a lot lately ... "I think his brilliance is evident in a lot of ways that are easy to grasp," said Russick, chair of the Louis Sullivan at 150 Committee. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Architect's foundation Aug 7, 2006
Louis Sullivan , the Boston-born father of the American skyscraper, took inspiration from Richardson, as did Sullivan's famous student, Frank Lloyd Wright. The firm that began at the Brookline house lives on as Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott , where Richardson's descendents worked until 1990, when great-grandson Hugh Shepley retired. (Boston Globe)
Former FEMA official joins Emergent BioSolutions Jul 13, 2006
Last month, the biopharmaceutical company had named Louis Sullivan, a former secretary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, as a board member. Related Industry stories. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
The Music of Pilgrim Baptist Church Jan 13, 2006
The building was designed in 1890 as a synagogue by architects Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler. The outside bore their trademark archway entrances. (NPR)
Landmark Chicago Church Burns Jan 7, 2006
Architects Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler designed the famous structure, which was originally a synagogue. The church is a museum for musicians, Jewish historians, artists and architects. (NBC10, PA)
James Pulliam, 80; Architect, Teacher Noted for Modernism Jan 1, 2006
At Dartmouth, Pulliam took a class from Hugh Morrison, a leading architectural historian who wrote a definitive study on Louis Sullivan, an American architect known for steel-frame skyscrapers and the influential dictum "form follows function.". Pulliam's passion for architecture could be traced to that one inspirational teacher, said Winter, an architectural historian and former history professor at Occidental College who was in that same class. (Los Angeles Times)
