Smart Construction: Business and Environment

Throughout history, architects and builders have designed and erected shelters that protect us both at work and home. Influenced by the cultural needs of the time period, architecture is essentially the art we live in.

Back in the 1800’s, architects began incorporating steel into their designs to allow for taller structures, and hence, the skyscraper was born! During this tall-building boom, architect Louis Henri Sullivan was known for the principle of “form follows function” and instrumental in creating a new functional design for these new tall buildings.