08-26-2014, 07:29 AM
The Wainwright Building - Louis Sullivan works
1890.101 North 7th Street.St. Louis, Missouri, USA.Louis Sullivan & Dankmar Adler, architects.
When it was built, the Wainwright Building revolutionized American architecture. The first two stories are unornamented except for the large, deep windows. Uninterrupted piers extend through the next seven stories. Horizontal panels between the piers articulate the building's interior structure. Intertwined ornaments and small round windows form the upper story.
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1890.101 North 7th Street.St. Louis, Missouri, USA.Louis Sullivan & Dankmar Adler, architects.
When it was built, the Wainwright Building revolutionized American architecture. The first two stories are unornamented except for the large, deep windows. Uninterrupted piers extend through the next seven stories. Horizontal panels between the piers articulate the building's interior structure. Intertwined ornaments and small round windows form the upper story.