Auditorium Building

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The Auditorium Building is a historic Chicago landmark renowned for its pioneering mixed-use design and exceptional acoustics, housing a theater, hotel, and offices in a single monumental structure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building
historic landmark
mixed-use building
address 430 South Michigan Avenue
architect Dankmar Adler NERFINISHED
Louis Sullivan
architecturalFirm Adler & Sullivan
architecturalStyle Richardsonian Romanesque
city Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago
client Ferdinand Peck
constructionStart 1887
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentUse educational facility
performing arts venue
designFeature horseshoe-shaped auditorium
innovative acoustic design
load-bearing masonry walls
hasDomeOrTower corner tower
hasElevator yes
hasFunction hotel
office space
theater
hasOrnamentation Sullivan-style organic ornament
hasPart Auditorium Theatre
hotel section
office block
hasSeatingCapacity approximately 3900
hasStructuralSystem steel frame with masonry walls
heritageDesignation Chicago Landmark
National Historic Landmark
heritageDesignationYear 1975
heritageStatus National Historic Landmark
influenced early skyscraper design
influencedBy Henry Hobson Richardson
surface form: H. H. Richardson
knownFor exceptional acoustics
pioneering mixed-use design
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago

Illinois
United States of America
surface form: United States
numberOfStories 17
opened 1889
overlooks Grant Park
owner Roosevelt University
partOf Chicago Campus
surface form: Roosevelt University campus
publicTransitAccess near Harold Washington Library-State/Van Buren station
usesMaterial brick
stone
terra cotta

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Roosevelt University hasBuilding Auditorium Building
Loop hasLandmark Auditorium Building
South Michigan Avenue hasLandmark Auditorium Building
Chicago School architecture hasNotableWork Auditorium Building
Louis Sullivan notableWork Auditorium Building