Auditorium Building In Chicago
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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 with excellent acoustics, offices and a hotel facing the lake. At the time, the seven story tower made The Auditorium the tallest building in America! This technical feat was allowed thanks to a very thin metal structure freeing the interior space.
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