His writings on decoration and on the relationship between form and function in architecture had a fundamental influence on a whole new generation of architects, including all the major Art Nouveau artists: Antoni Gaudí, Victor Horta, Hector Guimard, Henry van de Velde, Henri Sauvage and the École de Nancy, Paul Hankar, Otto Wagner, Eugène Grasset, Émile Gallé, and Hendrik Petrus Berlage. He also influenced the first modern architects, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Auguste Perret, Louis Sullivan, and Le Corbusier, who considered Viollet-le-Duc as the father of modern architecture. The English architect William Burges admitted in his late life "We all cribbed on Viollet-le-Duc even though no one could read French".
His writings on decoration and on the relationship between form and function in architecture had a fundamental influence on a whole new generation of architects including all the major Art Nouveau artists Antoni Gaudí Victor Horta Hector Guimard Henry van de Velde Henri Sauvage and the École de Nancy Paul Hankar Otto Wagner Eugène Grasset Émile Gallé and Hendrik Petrus Berlage He also influenced the first modern architects Frank Lloyd Wright Mies van der Rohe Auguste Perret Louis Sullivan and Le Corbusier who considered Viollet-le-Duc as the father of modern architecture The English architect William Burges admitted in his late life "We all cribbed on Viollet-le-Duc even though no one could read French"