The Auditorium Building: A Building Book from the Chicago Architecture Foundation, No. A687
Pridmore, Jay,Blessing, Hedrich,Chicago Architecture Foundation
ISBN 10: 0764924966 ISBN 13: 9780764924965
Published by Pomegranate, 2003
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Commissioned by Ferdinand Peck and produced by architects Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler--soon to be leaders of the Chicago School--in 1889, the Auditorium Building was a wondrous complex, housing a hotel, offices, stores, and a theater. Adler's engineering s overcame the problem of a foundation that had to support an unevenly distributed weight; Sullivan designed the stunning theater, which was spanned by four elliptical arches studded with 3,500 incandescent electric lights and decorated with gold leaf. Adler created a hydraulic stage--with twenty-six lifts--and one of the first air-conditioning systems in a public building. Among the many design features in the interior of the Auditorium were murals, onyx, marble, open loggias, stained gl, filigreed vents, wainscoting, and bronze-plated posts. Scholars considered the Auditorium Building the most important single structure in Chicago.
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Title: The Auditorium Building: A Building Book ...
Publisher: Pomegranate
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Good