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What: Adler
and Sullivan's Charnley-Persky House Tour
When: Wednesdays throughout the year: 12:00 noon
Saturdays April through November: 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Saturdays December through March: 1:00 p.m. only
Where: Charnley-Persky House (use door at south end of building), 1365 North Astor Street, Chicago
Description: Every Wednesday and Saturday throughout the year, the Charnley-Persky House Museum Foundation offers docent-led tours of Adler and Sullivan's renowned residential work, the James Charnley House (1891-1892) on Astor Street in Chicago. The house, which has long been recognized internationally as a pivotal work of modern architecture, was designed by two luminaries in Chicago architecture-Louis H. Sullivan and his protégé, Frank Lloyd Wright. In Charnley-Persky House the architects rejected historical details common to Victorian architecture in favor of abstract forms that later became the hallmarks of modern architecture. In addition, the house's open floor plan and manipulation of space prefigured the complex spatial arrangements common in the residential work of Wright and other Prairie School architects. The regular Saturday tours also include the Albert F. Madlener House at 4 West Burton Place.
The tours are co-sponsored by the Charnley-Persky House Museum Foundation (www.charnleyperskyhouse.org), the Society of Architectural Historians (www.sah.org) and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts (www.grahamfoundation.org).
Cost: Wednesday tours are free. Saturday tours are $10 adults and $5 seniors and students age 18 and over.
All teachers with valid State of Illinois ID are admitted free of charge as are students under the age of 18.
Duration: Wednesday tours one hour; Saturday tours one and a half hours.
What: Carson Pirie Scott Building Tour
When: 10:15 a.m.
Where: Chicago Architecture Foundation
ArchiCenter Shop in the Santa Fe Building
224 South Michigan Avenue
Description: In 2006, the 150th anniversary of Louis Sullivan's birth, explore the beauty of his largest commercial commission! Celebrate areas of ongoing historic restoration in this landmark department store. This tour features Sullivan's innovative building design and magnificent ornamental details. See closed off areas, including the grand staircase and the old Chicago Tunnel Company connection three levels below State Street. For a complete schedule for these tours please visit the "tours" page of www.architecture.org.
Cost: $10; $5 senior and student; CAF members free
Duration: two hours
What: The Roots of Genius: The Botanical Inspirations of Louis Sullivan
When: Saturdays, September 9, 16, 30 and October 7, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Where: Chicago Architecture Foundation
224 S. Michigan Avenue.
Description: Plant forms leaves, tendrils, and seeds play a crucial role in the ornament and design philosophy of preeminent American architect Louis Sullivan. This course examines the origins and development of Sullivan's remarkable use of botanical motifs, their links to the nature-derived motifs of Ancient Egyptian and Classical architecture, and the profound influence on Sullivan's works of such nineteenth-century scientists, designers, and philosophers as Asa Gray, Owen Jones, and Henry David Thoreau. The course includes short walking excursions in downtown Chicago to examine some of Sullivan's best botanical ornament on world-famous landmark buildings. To sign up go to, www.architecture.org/sullivan150.html or call 312.922.3432 x224.
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