![]() ![]() The next zone was the ground-floor zone which was the public areas for street-facing shops, public entrances, and lobbies. The basement was the mechanical and utility area. He and Adler divided the building into four zones. It was completed in 1896 and was designed by Louis Sullivan (Father of Skyscrapers) and Dankmar Adler. Sullivan’s design for the building was based on his belief that “form follows function”. The Guaranty Building, formerly called the Prudential Building, is an early skyscraper in Buffalo, New York. Prudential (Guaranty) Building by Louis Sullivan Today it is known for its unique and detailed ornamentation that spans throughout the three different sections of the building. At 14 stories height, it was once the tallest building in St. Above that level, the building returns to its original characteristics, with uninterrupted brick shafts from the third to the twelfth floor. Modifications of the first two floors in 1924 eliminated some of the building’s important architectural elements such as its arched entryways and circular windows. It was designed by Louis immediately after their famous Wainwright Building. The Union Trust Building was built in a “U” shaped plan with two wings surrounding a central light court. This 13-storey façade is highly decorated with terra-cotta, especially at the top of the building. The building is accentuated by its ornamental friezes underneath the extruding cornices. Its significance is not in its height but in its graceful façade, which substantially increased the glass window area in proportion to its solid wall, foreshadowing today’s curtain-of-glass high-rises. The Bayard-Condict Building was his solo commission work in New York. Location: NoHo, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Bayard–Condict Building by Louis Sullivan The design was the first use of what became known as the Chicago window. ![]() The building is remarkable for its steel-framed structure, which allowed a dramatic increase in window area created by bay-wide windows, which in turn allowed for the greatest amount of daylight into the building interiors. The bottom floors are clad in dark green cast iron, softened by elaborate foliated patterns. The building’s signature features are marked by Sullivan’s organic ornament, whose design was inspired by plants. Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building The most prominent being the frieze that rests below the deep cornice, the surface around the door of the main entrance, and the spandrels between the windows on different floors. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright called the Wainwright Building “the very first human expression of a tall steel office-building as Architecture.” In May 2013, it was listed by an episode of the PBS series as one of “10 Buildings That Changed America” because it was “the first skyscraper that truly looked the part.” Wainwright building is a prime example of Sullivan’s Organic ornamentation. ![]() The wainwright building designed by Adler and ‘Father of Skyscrapers’ Sullivan is regarded as “an influential prototype of the modern office architecture” by the National Register of Historic Places. The Wainwright Building is a 10-story, 41 m (135 ft) terra cotta office building. Here are 15 projects of Louis Sullivan, that exhibit his Modernist design skills: 1. During his time as a critic at the Chicago School, Frank Lloyd Wright allowed mentoring under him. Apart from his innovations in tall building design, Sullivan also took time off to mentor at the Chicago School of architecture. At the age of just 24, Sullivan joined forces with Dankmar Adler as a full-time partner of Adler and Sullivan. The design principles he followed led to the revolutionary phrase ‘Form follows Function.’ However, Sullivan always credited the inspiration of the phrase to an older Roman architect Vitruvius. ![]()
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