
Episode 29
26minutes.
Architectures - The Auditorium Building In Chicago
Synopsis
In 1871 a huge fire ravaged Chicago. It was a unique opportunity for a generation of young American architects to break away from European forms and think up the new shapes of a typically American style of architecture.
The Chicago Auditorium Building (1887-1889) is considered as the main work of Adler & Sullivan. It is a mixed program which houses a monumental auditorium (4300 places) with excellent acoustics, offices and a hotel in the back.
This technical feat was allowed thanks to a very thin metal structure freeing at the maximum the interior space.
Frontages present an original rustic stones base, contrasting with smooth stones of current stages. With <> dominant lines, the small tower appears almost anecdotic !
1946 the auditorium being too vast, the building was repurchased by the Roosevelt University.
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