Showing posts with label Dankmar Adler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dankmar Adler. Show all posts
Monday, August 12, 2013

Refinding, Losing - and abusing- Louis Sullivan (Again) - Buildings Burn, Landmarks are Reborn, and an Essential Monograph goes Out-of-Print

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Louis Sullivan - clicks images for larger view It was supposed to be a celebratory year.  2006 was the 150th birthday anniversary of Chi...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Wright's Roots are Showing: Garrick Theater colors seen for first time in over a century

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click images for larger view It's always difficult to imagine the architecture of the past as it actually appeared to people in its ...
Sunday, September 18, 2011

Late Notice: Ward Miller discusses The Architecture of Adler and Sullivan today at 2

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Today, Sunday, September 18th, the Chicago Jewish Historical Society will be hosting a talk by Ward Miller, Executive Director of the Ricke...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

Last Weeks for Must-See Exhibition, Louis Sullivan's Idea

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click images for larger view Okay, you've had almost a year - it opened last June - so if you miss the best architectural exhibition I...
Friday, March 11, 2011

How a Building Becomes a Raised Middle Finger: Stephen Vaughn Shipman's Presbyterian Hospital, in 1888 and today

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We've written before about the high quality of research produced by the staff of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, specifically Terr...
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Friday, September 17, 2010

An epic journey and the architectural book of the year: The Complete Architecture of Adler & Sullivan

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click images for larger view "Can you see anything?" "Yes . . . wonderful things" Howard Carter to Lord Carnavon, as h...
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