Webography

Architecture & Architects

http://www.greatbuildings.com
Check out The Auditorium Building and other buildings by Adler and Sullivan, as well as Henry Hobson Richardson and other buildings and architects in Chicago and beyond.

http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/
Visit the Chicago Architects Oral History Project web page under the auspices of the Art Institute's Department of Architecture and visit transcriptions of the life experiences of architects who shaped the physical environment in Chicago and surrounding communities.

http://egov.cityofchicago.org/Landmarks/
Check out Chicago Landmarks, their architectural styles and their architects.

Chicago

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/chicago
View maps of the Chicago Fire and timelines of the city, see people and places the images of the anarchists involved with the Haymarket Roits, and see images of Chicago (including one of the Auditorium Building) from “Then and Now”.

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org
Visit this rich resource on Chicago History including historical sources, essays, photo and video galleries.

http://www.chicagohistory.org/
Check out the web home of the Chicago History Museum.

http://www.chicagohs.org/fire
Visit this comprehensive and image filled page regarding The Great Chicago Fire.

Bibliography

Blaser, Werner and Monica Stucky. Drawings of Great Buildings. Boston: Birkhauser Verlag, 1983.

Bush-Brown, Albert. Louis Sullivan, New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1960.

Clark, Roger H. and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985.

Connely, Willard. Louis Sullivan as He Lived, New York: Horizon Press, Inc., 1960.

English, Maurice, Editor. The Testament of Stone: Themes of Idealism and Indignation from the Writings of Louis Sullivan, Northwestern University Press, 1963.

Kaufman, Mervyn. Father of Skyscrapers: A Biography of Louis Sullivan, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1969

Menocal, Narciso G. Architecture as Nature: The Transcendentalist Idea of Louis Sullivan, Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1981.

Morrison, Hugh. Louis Sullivan: Prophet of Modern Architecture. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1998.

Paul, Sherman. Louis Sullivan: An Architect in American Thought, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1962.

Pridmore, Jay. The Auditorium Building: A Building Book from the Chicago Architecture Foundation, San Francisco: Pomegranate Communications, Inc., 2003.

Roth, Leland M. American Architecture: A History. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2001.

Roth, Leland M. A Concise History of American Architecture. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1979.

Siry, Joseph M. The Chicago Auditorium Building: Adler and Sullivan’s Architecture and the City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002.

Sullivan, Louis. The Autobiography of an Idea, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1956.

Sullivan, Louis. Kindergarten Chats and Other Writings. New York: Dover Publications, 1979.

Szarkowski, John. The Idea of Louis Sullivan, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1956.

Twombly, Robert. Louis Sullivan: His Life and Work, Elisabeth Sifton Books - Viking Penguin Inc., New York, 1986

Wim De Wit, ed. Louis Sullivan: The Function of Ornament. New York: W. W. Norton and Company.

Special Thanks to Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Historian Bart Swindall, photographer Chip Williams for many of the current photos of the Auditorium Theatre, Roosevelt University, Panton Interactive Inc. and especially American Express for making the Landmark Stage possible.

We would love to hear from you! If you have additional information, comments, suggestions or personal stories regarding the Auditorium Theatre and the Landmark Stage web page, please contact the Department of Creative Engagement at: 312.922.2110 ext 353.

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