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Das Auditorium Building (Hörsaal-Gebäude) in Chicago ist eines der bekanntesten Werke der Architekten Dankmar Adler und Louis Sullivan. Das Gebäude befindet sich nahe dem Grant Park in der südlichen Innenstadt.
- 1887–89
- 17. April 1970
The Auditorium Building in Chicago is one of the best-known designs of Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler. Completed in 1889, the building is located at the northwest corner of South Michigan Avenue and Ida B. Wells Drive .
- 67,699.5 square feet (6,289.49 m²)
- 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois
- 1889
Learn about the history and design of the Auditorium Building, a Chicago landmark with a Romanesque facade and a versatile interior. Discover how the architects Adler and Sullivan overcame the challenges of unstable soil, weight, and function to create a stunning and innovative space.
The Auditorium Building is an example of what can happen when business leaders and the artistic community work together to create functional, aesthetic mixed-use architecture. The developer, Ferdinand Wythe Peck, was committed to bolstering the state of the arts in Chicago.
The Auditorium Building marked Chicago’s ascendancy as an American architectural and cultural force with a distinctly democratic and independent character. The monumental building grew out of a desire to bring high art to all Chicagoans and, in some part, in hopes of quelling the disruptive socialist and unionist movements of Chicago’s ...
Designed and constructed between 1887 and 1889, the Auditorium Building housed a theater, offices, and hotel. Its exterior was designed in the Romanesque-style popularized by Henry Hobson Richardson. The heavy, rusticated stone of the building’s exterior contrasts with the delicate, botanical ornament found on its interior where mosaics ...
6. Juli 2015 · Learn about the Auditorium Building, a multi-functional structure designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler in 1889. Discover its role in electric lighting, World War II, higher education, and entertainment history.
