Theory of Design

Post Modernism architecture Modernist architecture –when the cube was king-didn‘t age well. As time passed, grime streaked flat, concrete walls, like wrinkles carved into a smooth face. Glass-paned skyscrapers lost their shine. Stripped of ornament, abstract forms that once seemed […]

Expressionist architecture was an architectural movement that developed in Europe during the first decades of the 20th century in parallel with the expressionist visual and performing arts.  Today the meaning has to refer to architecture of any date or location […]

1887-1965, Swiss architect , Urban planner , Painter, Writer, Designer, Theorist, Active mostly in France.  “For the first time perhaps, the pressing problems of architecture, were solved in a modern spirit. Economy, sociology, aesthetics: a new solution using new methods.”  […]

“Let us guide our students from materials, through function to creative work. We must understand the motives and forces of our time and analyze their structure from three points of view: the material, the functional, and the spiritual.”  “Form is […]

Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) “To build is to create events.” “Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all return to the crafts! For art is not a ‘profession.’ There is no essential difference between the […]

Considered best architect of last 125 years. Known for ‘Prairie Style’ architecture, characterized by asymmetrical plans and low, wide overhanging eaves. American Architect Worked under Louis Sullivan. Influenced by the British Arts and Crafts Movement. Influenced European modern architects created […]

About Louis Sullivan me | Louis henry Sullivan. lived | 1856-1924. style | Chicago School Considered “The Father of Modern Architecture” “Form follows Function” Mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright and influence on the PRAIRIE SCHOOL Louis Sullivan works Auditorium Building […]