The Auditorium Building: A Building Book from the Chicago Architecture Foundation (Pomegranate Catalog)

Name: The Auditorium Building: A Building Book from the Chicago Architecture Foundation (Pomegranate Catalog)
Brand: Pomegranate Communications Inc,US
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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 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 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 glass, filigreed vents, wainscoting, and bronze-plated posts. Scholars considered the Auditorium Building the most important single structure in Chicago.

Product details

Edition:

1

Number of Pages:

63

Release Date:

2003-08-01

Publication Date:

2003-08-01

Publisher:

Pomegranate Communications Inc,US

Languages:

Published: English, Original: English

ISBN10:

08092376280764924966

Weight:

272 g

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