GUARANTY BUILDING
Adler and Sullivan designed the Guaranty Building in 1896 in Buffalo.
The skyscraper is one of Louis Sullivan’s most beautiful buildings He wanted to develop a new design suited to this new building type, the skyscraper.
Terra cotta panels are placed on piers to emphasize the vertical lines up to a strong horizontal cornice above the row of circular windows. The terra cotta panels are inspired by flowers, seed pods and branches.
Nearby in the Allentown neighborhood try Casa Azul.
Be sure to see the Guaranty Building in Buffalo.
Link to the building’s interpretive center: https://www.hodgsonruss.com/Louis-Sullivans-Guaranty-Building.html