Double House for Mr. Straus, Perspective View
Medium
Ink on drawing paper
Dimensions
47.3 × 54.6 cm (18 5/8 × 21 1/2 in.)
Classification
presentation drawing
Department
Architecture and Design
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
75509
Art Historical Context
This exquisite ink presentation drawing, titled *Double House for Mr. Straus, Perspective View*, created in 1883 by the architectural firm Adler & Sullivan.ed precisely on drawing paper (47.3 × 54.6 cm), it offers a vivid three-dimensional perspective of a proposed double residence, showcasing the firm's early vision for elegant urban living. Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler, fresh from their 1881 partnership were at the forefront of Chicago's architectural renaissance following the Great Fire of 1871, blending functionality with emerging modernist ideals. As a presentation drawing from the A...
About the Artist
Adler & Sullivan, Architects · 1883–1896
Adler & Sullivan was the Chicago architectural partnership that laid the conceptual and structural foundations for the modern American skyscraper. Dankmar Adler (1844–1900), a German-born engineer celebrated for his mastery of building acoustics and structural systems, hired Louis Sullivan (1856–1924) in 1879; the two became full partners in 1883. Sullivan had trained at the Massachusetts Institut...