buildings of chicago
Chicago has long been a laboratory for architectural innovation and experimentation. Discover the stories behind some of the city’s most significant skyscrapers, museums, theaters, bridges, homes, schools, houses of worship and parks.
Chicago has long been a laboratory for architectural innovation and experimentation. Discover the stories behind some of the city’s most significant skyscrapers, museums, theaters, bridges, homes, schools, houses of worship and parks.
Chicago Board of Trade Building
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Art Deco
Architect: Holabird & Root
Holding court at the south end of LaSalle St., the Chicago Board of Trade Building presides over Chicago’s financial district. The regal 45-story skyscraper is the epitome of Art Deco styling.
111 East Wacker
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: International Style
Architects: Mies van der Rohe, The Office of Mies van der Rohe
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111 East Wacker
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: International Style
Architects: Mies van der Rohe, The Office of Mies van der Rohe
111 East Wacker
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: International Style
Architects: Mies van der Rohe, The Office of Mies van der Rohe
Aon Center
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Modernism
Architects: Edward Durell Stone & Associates, Perkins + Will
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Carbine and Carbon
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Art Deco
Architect: Burnham Brothers
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Chicago Board of Trade Building
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Art Deco
Architect: Holabird & Root
Fine Arts Building
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Richardsonian Romanesque
Architect: Solon S. Berman
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Fort Surrender 2
Neighborhood: Rogers Park
Style: Renaissance Revival
Architects: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, Bertrand Goldberg Associates, Burnham Brothers
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Neighborhood: Loop
Style: International Style
Architects: Mies van der Rohe, The Office of Mies van der Rohe
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Neighborhood: Loop
Style: International Style
Architects: Mies van der Rohe, The Office of Mies van der Rohe
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Neighborhood: Loop
Style: International Style
Architects: Mies van der Rohe, The Office of Mies van der Rohe
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Layout 3
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: International Style
Architects: Mies van der Rohe, The Office of Mies van der Rohe
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Layout 4
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: International Style
Architects: Mies van der Rohe, The Office of Mies van der Rohe
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Layout 5
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: International Style
Architects: Mies van der Rohe, The Office of Mies van der Rohe
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Neighborhood: Loop
Style: International Style
Architects: Mies van der Rohe, The Office of Mies van der Rohe
Marina City
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Mid-Century Modernism
Architect: Bertrand Goldberg Associates
