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Name:    Adler and Sullivan
Profession:  Architect
Category:  Architecture
Born/Started:    1879
Died/Ended:    1895
Description:    Nationally prominent architectural firm, responsible for the development of an innovative architectural vocabulary for steel-framed tall office buildings.

Louis Sullivan joined the already prominent engineering firm of Dankmar Adler in 1879. The groundbreaking architectural vocabulary they developed rejected the applied ornamentation of previous building styles in favor of simple organic forms that expressed the building´s interior functions. During their 15-year partnership, Adler and Sullivan designed more than 100 buildings, including the Chicago Auditorium (1886-90), the Chicago Stock Exchange(1893-94), and the Wainwright Building (1892) and the 705 Olive Building (1893) in St. Louis. Frank Lloyd Wright was trained in the firm, and later became their chief draftsman. Sullivan and Adler dissolved their partnership in 1895, when Adler retired.


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Louis Sullivan joined the already prominent engineering firm of Dankmar Adler in 1879. The groundbreaking architectural vocabulary they developed became traditional for modern office buildings: rejection of applied ornamentation of previous building styles in favor of simple organic forms that expressed the building´s interior functions. During their 15 year partnership, they designed more than 100 buildings, including the Chicago Auditorium (1886-90) the Chicago Stock Exchange(1893-94), and the Wainwright Building (1892) and the 705 Olive Building (1893) in St. Louis. Frank Lloyd Wright was trained in the firm, and later became their chief draftsman. Sullivan and Adler dissolved their partnership in 1895, when Adler retired.



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Wainwright Building

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Wainwright Building Completed
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