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D E S H M U K H ATE EB AS H FAQ U E
T.Y. B . A RC H
LOUIS SULLIVAN
LOUIS SULLIVAN, IN FULL LOUIS HENRY SULLIVAN, (BORN SEPTEMBER 3, 1856, BOSTON,
MASSACHUSETTS, US-DIED APRIL 14, 1924, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS). AMERICAN ARCHITECT,
REGARDED AS THE SPIRITUAL FATHER O F MODERN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AN D
IDENTIFIED WITH THE AESTHETICS O F EARLY SKYSCRAPER DESIGN HIS MORE THAN 100
WORKS IN COLLABORATION (1879-95) WITH DANKMAR ADLER INCLUDE THE
AUDITORIUM BUILDING, CHICAGO (1887-89), THE GUARANTY BUILDING, BUFFALO, NEW
YORK (1894-95, N O W PRUDENTIAL BUILDING); AN D THE WAINWRIGHT BUILDING, ST.
LOUIS, MISSOURI (1890-91) FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT APPRENTICED FOR SIX YEARS WITH
SULLIVAN AT THE FIRM. IN INDEPENDENT PRACTICE FROM 1895. SULLIVAN DESIGNED
THE SCHLESINGER & MAYER DEPARTMENT STORE (1898-1904: N O W THE SULLIVAN
CENTER) IN CHICAGO HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY WAS PUBLISHED SHORTLY BEFORE HE
DIEDLOUIS SULLIVAN DESIGN PHILOSOPHY> LOUIS SULLIVAN COINED THE PHRASE
"FORM EVER FOLLOWSFUNCTION THIS CREDO, WHICH PLACED THE DEMANDS O F
PRAC TIC AL USEABO VE A ESTHETIC S. WO ULD LATER BE TA KEN BY
INFLUENTIALDESIGNERS TO IMPLY THAT DECORATIVE ELEMENTS, WHICHARCHITECTS
CALL ORNAMENT WERE SUPERFLUOUS IN MODERNBUILDINGSBUT SULLIVAN HIMSELF
NEITHER THOUGHT NOR DESIGNED ALONGSUCH DOGMATIC LINES DURING THE PEAK
O F HIS CAREER INDEED, WHILE HIS BUILDINGS COULD BE SPARE AN D CRISP IN
THEIRPRINCIPAL MASSES, HE OFTEN PUNCTUATED THEIR PLAIN SURFACESWITH
ERUPTIONS O F LUSH ART NOUVEAU AN D SOMETHING LIKECELTIC REVIVAL
DECORATIONS, USUALLY CAST IN IRON OR FERRACOTTA, A N D RANGING FROM
ORGANIC FORMS LIKE VINES A N D IVY, TOMORE GEOMETRIC DESIGNS, AN D INTERLACE,
INSPIRED BY HIS IRISHDESIGN HERITAGE
> TERRA COTTA IS LIGHTER A N D EASIER TO WORK WITH THAN STONEMASONRY
SULLIVAN USED IT IN HIS A RC HITEC TURE BEC AUSE IT HA DA M ALLEABILITY THAT WAS
APPROPRIATE FOR HIS ORNAMENT.
TADAO ANDO
▪TADAO ANDO (ANDŌ TADAO , BO RN 13 SEPTEM BER 1941) IS A
JAPANESE SELF-TAUGHT ARCHITECT WHOSE APPROACH
TO ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE WAS CATEGORIZED BY
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN FRANCESCO DAL C O AS "CRITICAL
REG IO NALISM ". HE IS THE WIN NER O F THE 1995 PRITZKER PRIZE.
THE CHURCH O F THE LIGHT (SO M ETIM ES C ALLED THE "C HURC H WITH
LIGHT") IS THE MAIN CHAPEL O F THE IBARAKI KASUGAOKA CHURCH, A
MEMBER CHURCH OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN JAPAN. IT WAS
BUILT IN 1989, IN THE CITY O F IBARAKI, OSAKA PREFECTURE. THIS BUILDING
IS ONE O F THE MOST FAMOUS DESIGNS O F JAPANESE ARCHITECT TADAO
ANDO.
IN 1999, THE MAIN BUILDING WAS EXTENDED WITH THE ADDITION O F A
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
PHILLIPS EXETER A C A D E M Y
LIBRARY, EXETER.
THE ‘INDIAN INSTITUTE O F M A N A G E M E N T ’ REMAINS AS O N E O F
LOUIS K A H N ’ S M O S T PROMINEN T A R C H I T E C T U R A L W O R K S ,
M E R G I N G M A N Y O F THE DISTINCTIVE C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S THAT
M A K E HIS DESIGNS S O EXCEPTIO N A L. THE EXTENSIVE C A M P U S
C O M P L E X WAS ENVISION ED IN 1962 TO BE A M O D E R N S C H O O L
F O R INDIA’S BRIGHTEST STUDENTS, THE RESULT O F W H I C H WAS
O N L Y C O M P L E T E D AFTER K A H N ’ S D EATH IN 1974.LIKE M A N Y O F
THE AR CHIT E C T ’ S O T H E R SEMINAL W O R K S , THE MASSIVE B R I C K
F R A M E W O R K O F THE S C H O O L C A R R IE S IN SPIRA TIO N FRO M
A N C I E N T A N D MEDIEVAL A R C H I T E C T U R E , YET ITS E L E G A N T
F O R M S E X U D E A TIMELESS P R E S E N C E . THE C O M P L E X WAS
C O N S T R U C T E D F R O M M O N O L I T H I C MASONRY; M A N Y
T H O U S A N D S O F INDIVIDUAL B R ICKS W E R E LAID BY HAN D , A N D
D R A W O N PRIMARY GEOMETR IES WITH A R C H E S , CIRCLES, SEMI-
C IRC LES, A N D S Q U A RE S SLIC E D O U T O F H U G E WALLS A N D
PASSAGEWAYS. THE C O N S I D E R A B L E D E S I G N PLAN D E M O N S T R A T E S
A STRICT O R D E R IN F U N C T I O N A L HIERARCHY, WITH EXPRESSIVE
F A C A D E S THAT HOST MULTIPLE USES: TO PROVIDE C O N N E C T IO N S
A N D TRANSITIONS TO DIFFERENT WINGS A N D FACULTIES, TO A C T
A S VISTAS A N D M EETIN G PO IN TS F O R STU D EN TS TO C O M E
TO G ETH ER, A N D TO SUPPLY FILTERS F O R SUN LIG HT, LE N D IN G
SH A D E A N D VEN TILA TIO N FRO M THE H U M ID C LIM A TE. THE
S C H O O L E N C O M P A S S E S A C A D E M IC B L O C K S , FACU LTY OFFICES,
33 FULLY FURNISHED D O R M ITO R IE S F O R STU D EN T
A C C O M M O D A T I O N , A LIBRARY, A PLAZA, A N AUDITORIUM, A N D
SPORTING FACILITIES.