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Chicago Architecture

WWW Resources

• Chicago Architecture Foundation
• Chicago Historical Society
• H.H. Richardson: Marshall Field Wholesale Store

Architects

• Louis Sullivan
• Frank Lloyd Wright

Skyscrapers

• Skyscraper Definitions
• Tallest Buildings

Other Chicago School Skyscrapers

Burnham & Root: Monadnock Building, Chicago, 1889.

Daniel H. Burnham: Reliance Building, Chicago, 1894.

Daniel H. Burnham: Railway Exchange, Chicago, 1904.

World's Fair 1893 -- Columbian Exposition

• World's Fair of 1893 - Columbian Exhibition, Chicago

Prairie School

• Frank Lloyd Wright

W.B. Griffin: Carter House,  Evanston, 1911.

1. Carter House, Evanston, IL, 1911. Walter Burley Griffin, architect.

Skyscrapers 1900-1945

Historicist Skyscrapers 

Chicago Tribune	Chicago Tribune	Chicago Tribune
Strauss Building Chicago 1923	Historical skyscraper Chicago 1920s	Chicago Temple Chicago 1924

1. Chicago Tribune Building, 1922-25. Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells, architects. From an old postcard.
2. Chicago Tribune Building, 1922-25. Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells, architects.
3. Chicago Tribune Building, 1922-25. Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells, architects.
4. Strauss Building, Chicago. 1923Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, architects. Building top modelled on the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.
5. Building, Chicago. 1920s.Building top modelled on the Tempietto by Bramante.
6. Chicago Temple, Chicago. 1924.Holabird and Roche, architects.

Post-1945 Skyscrapers

Inland Steel Building Chicago	Marina City Chicago
Civic Center, Chicago	Civic Center, Chicago	First National Bank, Chicago	First National Bank, Chicago
Hancock Tower, Chicago	Hancock Tower, Chicago	Hancock Tower, Chicago
Sears Tower, Chicago	Sears Tower, Chicago

1. Inland Steel Building, Chicago, 1957. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, architects.
2. Marina City Towers, Chicago, 1964, 1967. Bertram Goldberg, architect.
3. Civic Center, Chicago, 1965. C.F. Murphy & Associates, architects.
4. Civic Center, Chicago, 1965. C.F. Murphy & Associates, architects.
5. First National Bank, Chicago, 1969. C.F. Murphy & Associates, architects.
6. First National Bank, Chicago, 1969. C.F. Murphy & Associates, architects.
7. John Hancock Building, Chicago, 1965-70. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, architects.
8. John Hancock Building, Chicago, 1965-70. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, architects.
9. John Hancock Building, Chicago, 1965-70. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, architects.
10. Sears Tower, Chicago, 1970-74. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, architects.
11. Sears Tower, Chicago, 1970-74. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, architects.

Illinois State Office Building, 1985

Illinois State Office Building,  Chicago

More slides of the  Illinois State Office  Building, Chicago

1. Illinois State Office Building, Chicago, 1985. Helmut Jahn, architect.
2. More of the Illinois State Office Building, Chicago, 1985. Helmut Jahn, architect.

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