Adler & Sullivan

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

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

Frank Lloyd Wright

Sources

^ 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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[1] Korom, Joseph J. (2008). The American Skyscraper, 1850-1940: A Celebration of Height. Branden Books. pp. 495. ISBN 978-0-8283-2188-4.

[2] Korom, Joseph J. (2008). The American Skyscraper, 1850-1940: A Celebration of Height. Branden Books. pp. 507. ISBN 978-0-8283-2188-4.

[3] Morrison, Hugh; Timothy J. Samuelson (2001). Louis Sullivan, prophet of modern architecture. Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. p. 262. ISBN 0-393-32161-4.

[4] Welton, J. Michael (2011-01-19). "The Architecture of Adler & Sullivan". Dwell. Retrieved 2021-11-23.

[5] 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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Adler & Sullivan works	Martin Ryerson Tomb (1897) Auditorium Building, Chicago (1889) Auditorium Theatre Carrie Eliza Getty Tomb (1890) Wainwright Building (1890) Wainwright Tomb (1892) Bellefontaine Cemetery (1892) Union Trust Company Building (1892-93) Prudential (Guaranty) Building (1894) Chicago Stock Exchange Building (1894) Bayard–Condict Building (1899) Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building (1899)
Sullivan works	Bradley House (1909) Charnley House (1892) Pilgrim Baptist Church (1890) Farmers and Merchants Union Bank (1919) Gage Group Buildings (1898) Halsted House (1883) Adams Building (1913) Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral (1903) Home Building Association Bank (1914) Jewelers Building (1882) Krause Music Store (1922) McVicker's Theater (1891) Merchants' National Bank (1914) National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna (1908) People's Federal Savings and Loan Association (1917) Peoples Savings Bank (1911) Purdue State Bank (1914) St. Paul United Methodist Church (1914) Van Allen Building (1913)
Lost buildings	New Orleans Union Station (1892–1954) Dooly Block (1891–1965) Louis Sullivan Bungalow (1890s–2005) Garrick Theater (1891–1961, A&S) Pilgrim Baptist Church (1891–2006, A&S) Dexter Building (1887–2006, A&S)
Affiliations	Adler & Sullivan Dankmar Adler
Other	Prairie School Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan "Form follows function"
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