he met his longstanding partner [[chester holmes aldrich]] when they worked together at the office of [[carrère and hastings]] in the years before the turn of the 20th century. they formed their partnership after delano's return from europe in 1903 and almost immediately won commissions from the [[rockefeller family]], among others. delano & aldrich tended to adapt conservative [[georgian architecture|georgian]] and [[federal style architecture|federal]] architectural styles for their townhouses, churches, schools, and a spate of social clubs for the [[astor family|astors]], [[vanderbilt family|vanderbilts]], and the [[whitney family|whitneys]]. separately (delano was the more prolific) and in tandem they designed a number of buildings at [[yale university|yale]]. delano taught at columbia university from 1903 to 1910.