Architecture students can learn more about one of the most influential architects in history today.
"Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture," a documentary about Louis Sullivan, known as the father of modern architecture, will show at 7:30 p.m. in the Architecture Building Room 100.
Carol Street, archivist for architectural records, said she wants students and others to develop a respect for Sullivan's work. He's credited with creating the American style of architecture, which may take a few generations to truly appreciate.
"I'm hoping for students and the community to develop an appreciation for Sullivan's work and understand his contribution to American architecture," she said.
Sullivan is credited with creating skyscrapers. Some of his most famous works are the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Auditorium Theatre, the Carson Pirie Scott department store and the Schiller Building. He also coined the popular design motto "form follows function."
The event, cosponsored by the Friends of Bracken Library, the College of Architecture and Planning and the Drawings and Documents Archive, will be the premiere of the film in Indiana and also will feature a Q-and-A session with the film's director, Mark Smith.
Smith spent months researching Sullivan and his work. He traveled throughout the Midwest and East coast to see buildings that are still standing.
The College of Architecture and Planning has been working to digitally recreate part of Sullivan's work at the Chicago Stock Exchange. The work will be on display in CAP's first-floor gallery before the film.
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