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L'auditorium building de Chicago = 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 Ad...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Auditorium building de Chicago.
Other Authors: Neumann, Stan, 1949- (Screenwriter), Copans, Richard
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Dubbed in English from the original French.
Published: [France] : ARTE France, [2002?]
Subjects:
Chicago Auditorium Building (Chicago, Ill.)
Architecture > Illinois > Chicago > 19th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Auditoriums > Illinois > Chicago.
Multipurpose buildings > Illinois > Chicago.
Adler and Sullivan.
Architecture, Modern > 19th century.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Internet videos.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Films on Demand)
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Originally broadcast as an episode of Architectures, a French television program.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (26 min., 45 sec.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
Audience:9 & up.
Production Credits:Editors, Stan Neumann, Juliette Garcias.