THEORY OF DESIGN- II UNIT-1 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

LOUIS HENRY SULLIVAN FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT WALTER ADOLPH GEORG

GROPIUS
ARCHITECT - An American architect - An American architect, designer, - A German architect
& - Known as “father of skyscrap- writer, and educator - Widely regarded as one of the pioneer-
ers” and “father of modernism” - Designed more than 1,000 struc- ing masters of modernist architecture.
TIMELINE tures

- Studied at MIT, Boston & École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
MAJOR LIFE - Worked for Ar. Frank Furness, William LeBaron Jenney &
the firm of Johnston & Edelman as a draftsman
EVENTS
- Became a partner in Adler’s firm & achieved fame
- Worked for Bayard building, New York as first job after
firm
-Studied at Madison high school & university of wisconsin
-Worked with J.L. Silsbee & Adler-Sullivan
-Worked under Sullivan until 1893 as chief assistant & then opened
his own architectural practice
-Designed a house for W.H. Winslow as his first project
-Built about 50 Prairie houses from 1900 to 1910
-Studied at Technical school in Munich & Konigliche Technische
Hochschule in Berlin
-Joined the office of Ar. Peter Behrens
-Left Behrens’s practice & set up own office with Adolf Meyer
-Was drafted into the German army
-Contributed to post-war society through art and architecture

‘Form follows function’ :
PHILOSOPHY The form of a building such
as its decoration, design or
style should arise from the
function of the building.
-A church designed by Ar. Henry
Richardson
INSPIRATION -For his most monumental work on
the unornamented facade of Mar-
shall Field’s Wholesale Store.
‘Ornamentation’ :
Used natural ornament as
metaphor such that a build-
ing should respond to its
own environment.
‘Prairie Style Architecture’ : ‘Organic Architecture’ :
Homes designed to reflect the -Promotes harmony between
low-slung, horizontal lines of human habitation and the natu-
the American prairie landscape ral world
with lengthy rows of windows.
low-pitched roofs
-Influenced by Ar. Louis Sullivan’s work
& style, stressed function over form
-Deeply involved in Sullivan’s building,
the Auditorium
‘Modern Architecture’ :
-Designing involves elements of architecture, constituting the
international modern style.
-Basic principles involve- use of primary colours, modern mate-
rials like steel, RCC & glass, linear & horizontal elements and grid
system
-Was influenced by Wright’s prairie style
especially in the horizontality and the
wide overhanging eaves, but also in the
symmetry, the corner pavilions, and the
whole spirit of Wright’s concept.

WAINWRIGHT BUILDING AUDITORIUM BUILDING FALLINGWATER ROBIE HOUSE BAUHAUS BUILDING FAGUS FACTORY

FAMOUS
WORKS

-First aesthetically expressed
early skyscraper
Location- St. Louis, Missouri
Year of completion- 1891
Architectural style- Chicago
school
-Tallest structure in
Chicago
Location- Chicago
Year of completion- 1889
Architectural style- Art
Nouveau Architecture
-An extraordinary house,
UNESCO World HeritageSite
Location- Mill Run,USA
Year of completion- 1939
Architectural style-Modern
Architecture
-One of the most notable res-
idences ever built in America
Location- Chicago, USA
Year of completion- 1910
Architectural style- Prairie
Style Housing
-A German art school, famous
for its approach to design
Location- Dessau, Germany
Year of completion- 1926
Architectural style-
Modern Architecture
-A shoe last factory, one of the
earliest built works of modern
architecture
Location- Alfled, Germany
Year of completion- 1913

SUBMITTED BY:
JAYA VERMA
1999009