Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Louis Henry Sullivan: Prepared and Presented by
Louis Henry Sullivan: Prepared and Presented by
an American architect,
"father of skyscrapers Louis Henri Sullivan
"father of modernism (Sept 3, 1856 April 14, 1924)
PRICES/TON
180
160
140
120
100
80 PRICES/TON
60
40
20
0
1867 1870 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895
Louis Sullivan coined the phrase "form ever follows function",
which, shortened to "form follows function".
This credo, which placed the demands of practical use
above aesthetics, would later be taken by influential
designers to imply that decorative elements, which architects
call "ornament," were superfluous in modern buildings. But
Sullivan himself neither thought nor designed along such
dogmatic lines during the peak of his career. Indeed, while
his buildings could be spare and crisp in their principal
masses, he often punctuated their plain surfaces with
eruptions of lush Art Nouveau and something like Celtic
Revival decorations, usually cast in iron or terra cotta, and
ranging from organic forms like vines and ivy, to more
geometric designs, and interlace, inspired by his Irish design
heritage.
Dankmar Adler
Some architectural elements from the building have been removed in
renovations and taken to the Sauget, Illinois storage site of the St. Louis
Building Arts Foundation.
SITE PLAN
ELEVATION
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
PLAN FOR UPPER FLOORS
SECTIONS
AUDITORIUM BUILDING ,CHICAGO
LOCATION : CHICAGO
CHIEF ARCHITECTS: LOUIS
SULLIVAN
DANKMAR ADLER
ASSISTANT ARCHITECT :
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
CLIMATE: TEMPERATE
CONTEXT: URBAN
Over the years the University has tried to restore the building
although it has repurposed the rooms.
The former dining hall on the 10th floor is a prime example. In
today's date it serves as the building`s library.
Arches included in
the bell tower.
windows on all
the sides of the
octagonal dome.