T H E FAT H E R O F S K Y S C R A P E R S

LO U I S
S U L L I VA N
SEPT 3, 1856 – APRIL 14, 1924
ABOUT HIM
• AMERICAN ARCHITECT

• INFLUENTIAL ARCHITECT & CRITIC

OF CHICAGO SCHOOL

• CALLED AS FATHER OF
SKYSCRAPERS

• MENTOR TO FL WRIGHT & AN

INSPIRATION TO THE CHICAGO
GROUP OF ARCHITECTS

• POSTHUMOUSLY RECEIVED THE

AIA GOLD MEDAL IN 1944
S U L L I VA N &
STEEL HIGH RISE

The mass production of the steel was the

driving force behind the ablity to skyscraper
during the mid 1880s.

Louis Sullivan coined “ form ever follows

function” which shortened to “form follows

LOUIS SULLIVAN
function” would become the great battel cry
of the modernist architects.

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PHILOSOPHY • FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION.

• PLACED DEMANDA OF PRACTICAL USE ABOVE

AESTHETICS.

• ORNAMENT ARE SUPERFLUOUS IN MODERN

ARCHITECTURE.

• IN HIS BUILDINGS HE OFTEN PUNCTUATES THE

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PLANE SURFACESWITH ERUPTIONS OF LUST ART

LOUIS SULLIVAN
NOUVEAU & CELTIC REVIVAL, USUALLY CAST IN
IRON OR TERRA COTTA.

• HE RANEGED HIS DESIGNS FROM ORGANIC FORMS

LIKE VINES AND IVY, TO MORE GEOMETRIC
DESIGNS INSPIRED BY HIS IRISH DESIGN
HERITAGE.

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GUARANTY
BUILDING
• YEARS OF
CONSTUCTION: 1895 TO
1896

• HEIGHT: 46 M

• FLOORS: 13

LOUIS SULLIVAN
• LOCATION: 28 CHURCH
STREET, BUFFALO, NEW
YORK, US

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FORM

• THE BASEMENT, THE MECHANICAL AND UTILITY AREA

• THE LOWER LEVELS, PUBLIC AREAS FOR STREET-FACING SHOPS, PUBLIC ENTRANCES AND
LOBBIES

• THE OFFICE FLOORS WITH IDENTICAL OFFICE CELLS CLUSTERED AROUND ELEVATOR SHAFTS

• THE ATTIC, CONSISTING OF ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT, UTILITIES AND WATER TANKS

ORNAMENTATION

• GUARANTY BUILDING A RICH PROGRAM OF FLORAL TERRACOTTA ORNAMENT

LOUIS SULLIVAN
• SIMPLICITY OF FORM, PLAN SIMILARITY, AND RICHNESS OF DETAIL

• THE IDEA OF A TALL BUILDING AS A LIVING ORGANISM, WHOSE WEIGHT, PRESSURE, TENSION AND
RESISTANCE MIGHT BE EXPERIENCED THROUGH EMPATHY IN A DIRECT, ALMOST PHYSICAL WAY.

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NATIONAL FARMER’S BANK
• LOCATION: OWATONN,
MINNESOTA

• BUILT YEAR: 1908

• BUILDING TYPE: BANK

• CONSTRUCTION STYLE:

LOUIS SULLIVAN
LOAD BEARING MASONRY.

• TEMPERATE CLIMATE

• STYLE: PRAIRIE SCHOOL

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WAINWRIGHT BUILDING
• LOCATION: ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

• DATE: 1890 TO 1891

• STYLE: CHICAGO SCHOOL

• ONE OF THE FIRST AESTHETICALLY FULLY EXPRESSED EARLY

SKYSCRAPERS

LOUIS SULLIVAN
• HEIGHT: 41 M ( 10 STORY)

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T H A N K YO U

P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E
AISHWARYA KALWAR

PALASH MANDAL

ANUJ BHOIR

TANMAY SUKHDARE