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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 am 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 N. 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.
COST: Saturday tours: $10 adults/$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 1 hour; Saturday tours 90 minutes.
What: "The Restoration of Louis
Sullivan's Ganz Hall at the Auditorium Building" lunchtime lecture
featuring David Mann and Booth Hansen
When: 12:15 - 1:00 p.m. (lunchtime lecture)
Where: Chicago Architecture Foundation
The John Buck Lecture Hall Gallery
Description: cost: Free, no RSVP needed. For more information call 312.922.3432 x224
Booth Hansen recently won an AIA Chicago 2005 Design Excellence Award for the restoration work of Ganz Hall. David Mann will discuss the process of restoring this Sullivan gem.
What: Louis Sullivan: Lost and Found
tour
When: 2:30 p.m.
Where: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Meet at the CAF’s ArchiCenter Shop
224 South Michigan Avenue
Description: The Chicago Architecture Foundation, in cooperation with the Art Institute of Chicago, will trace Sullivan's career and reveal his philosophy through surviving works, fragments and relevant sites in the city center that was home for his entire professional life.
cost: $18; $14 senior/student; $8 CAF member; member of both CAF and AIC, free. Tour price includes a voucher for Art Institute admission on another date.
duration: 2 hours
note: This tour concludes at State and Madison Streets. Bring binoculars to enhance the experience.
reserve: Call 312.922.3432 x240
What: "Chicago's Great Heritage: Preserving the Work of Louis Sullivan" featuring Mary Brush, Gunny Harboe, and Vincent Michael
When: 6:00 p.m.
Where: Chicago Architecture Foundation
The John Buck Company Lecture Hall Gallery
Description: Architect Louis Sullivan contributed greatly to Chicago¹s architectural legacy with innovative designs of structure balanced with ornamentation. Architects and preservationists will present and discuss the rewards and challenges of restoring Sullivan buildings.
panelists: T. Gunny Harboe, principal, Harboe Architects, and Mary Brush, project manager, Klein and Hoffman, Inc. Moderator: Vincent Michael, Director, Historic Preservation Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Cost: Free
Reservations: For reservations, please visit www.architecture.org/sullivan150.html
or 312.922.3432 x224
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