1885c – Ryerson Building, Chicago, Illinois
Architect: Adler & Sullivan
Demolished 1939.
Demolished 1939.
The Auditorium Building in Chicago is one of the best-known designs of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan.
Widely considered an architectural masterpiece, the thirteen-story building incorporated Sullivan’s signature ornamentation thatcombined geometric forms with expressions of natural foliage.