Adler & Sullivan was an architectural firm founded by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan in Chicago. Among its projects was the multi-purpose Auditorium Building in Chicago[1] and the Wainwright Building skyscraper in St Louis.[2] In 1883 Louis Sullivan was added to Adler's architectural firm, creating the Adler & Sullivan partnership.[3] According to Architect Ward Miller:
Adler & Sullivan are most associated with being an innovative and progressive architectural practice, forwarding the idea of an American style and expressing this in a truly modern format. Their work was widely published and at the forefront of building construction. Their buildings and especially their multipurpose structures . . . were unequaled. Furthermore, the expression of a tall building, its structure with a definite base, middle section or shaft and top or cornice was a new approach for the high building design. These types of tall structures developed into a format. . . . Even today, the vertical expression of a building employs these design principals.[4]
Adler, with his engineering prowess and facility with acoustics became seen as the business genius of the partnership, while Sullivan, known for his great design talent, is recounted as the artist.[5]
Selected commissions
edit- Ann Halsted House, Chicago, Illinois, 1883
- Halsted Row Houses, Chicago, Illinois, 1884
- Leon Mannheimer House, Chicago, Illinois, 1884
- Joseph Deimel House, Chicago, Illinois, 1886
- Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois 1889
- Pueblo Opera House, Pueblo, Colorado, 1890
- Carrie Eliza Getty Tomb, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, 1890
- Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Missouri, 1891
- Vacation Home for James & Helen Charnley, Ocean Spring, MS, 1891
- Vacation Home For Sullivan, Ocean Springs, MS, 1891
- James Charnley House, Chicago, IL, 1891
- Albert Sullivan Residence 4575 South Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, 1891
- Union Trust Building, St. Louis (1893; street-level ornament heavily altered in 1924)
- Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Chicago, 1893
- Prudential (Guaranty) Building, Buffalo, New York, 1894
Notable Employees
editSources
edit- ^ Korom, Joseph J. (2008). The American Skyscraper, 1850-1940: A Celebration of Height. Branden Books. pp. 495. ISBN 978-0-8283-2188-4.
- ^ Korom, Joseph J. (2008). The American Skyscraper, 1850-1940: A Celebration of Height. Branden Books. pp. 507. ISBN 978-0-8283-2188-4.
- ^ Morrison, Hugh; Timothy J. Samuelson (2001). Louis Sullivan, prophet of modern architecture. Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. p. 262. ISBN 0-393-32161-4.
- ^ Welton, J. Michael (2011-01-19). "The Architecture of Adler & Sullivan". Dwell. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ Elstein, Rochelle Berger (2005). "Adler & Sullivan: The End of the Partnership and Its Aftermath". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 98 (1/2): 51–81. ISSN 1522-1067. JSTOR 40193681.
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