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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: "Sullivan and the Synthesis of Nature and the Machine" lunchtime lecture featuring Tim Wittman
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
Sullivan's inspiration in the organic beauty of nature was articulated into the commercial building - a machine for working. Tim Wittman will present an interesting story of Sullivan's influences.
What: "A Sullivan Celebration: Contemporary Ornament and Architecture," panel discussion
When: 6:00 p.m.
Where: Chicago Architecture Foundation
The John Buck Lecture Hall Gallery
Description: Louis Sullivan's ability to balance the decorative with the function and form of a building influenced generations of architects. A leading contemporary Chicago architect, and a curator and scholar will come together to discuss how Sullivan's legacy of ³form follows function² balanced with ornamental beauty persists in 21st century architecture.
panelists: Gail Davidson, Curator, Prints and Drawings, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Jeanne Gang, principal, Studio Gang Architects, Chicago moderator: Edward Lifson, host of "Hello Beautiful," Chicago Public Radio.
cost: $20; $10 for CAF members
rsvp: www.architecture.org/sullivan150.html or 312.922.3432 x224
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