The Auditorium Building: A Building Book from the Chicago Architecture Foundation

by Jay Pridmore and Hedrich Blessing

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 skills 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764924966
• ISBN13: 9780764924965
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Pomegranate Communications
• Length: 63 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 6.6"