With his partner Burling and thereafter , as a partner in Adler and Sullivan , Adler was instrumental in rebuilding much of Chicago following the Great Chicago Fire . Adler is considered a leader in the Chicago school of architecture . In addition to their pioneering accomplishments with steel-framed buildings and skyscrapers , Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan were early employers and mentors of architect Frank Lloyd Wright , whose consistent praise for Adler ( " the ' American Engineer ' my ' Big Chief ' " ) surpassed even that which he reserved for Sullivan , whom he called his " lieber meister "
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Dankmar Adler