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Title	TRIBUNE TOWER
View	General view from the southwest, depicting the relationship with Michigan Avenue
Notes	administrative, broadcasting, media
Work Type	company headquarters office building news organization skyscraper
Style/Period	Gothic Revival Early Modern
Creator Name	Hood, Raymond Mathewson Howells, John Mead
Creator Nationality	American firm
Date.Creator Birth	1881, 1868
Date.Creator Death	1934, 1959
Major Design Aspects	international competition historical reference vertical thrust
Elements & Spatial Types	flying buttress forecourt
Climate Type	temperate
Country	United States of America
City	Chicago
State/Province	IL
Location.Notes	North Michigan Avenue
Architectural Material	stone, steel
Structural System	steel frame
Dates	1922-1925
Century	20C
Designation/Awards/Inscriptions	city landmark, won international competition
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Date Photographed	9/30/1991
Subject Information	One of the most significant events in the history of modern architecture was the Tribune Tower international competition in 1922 when the Chicago Tribune, the city's oldest and most important newspaper, offered a $50,000 prize for the winning design. The design was the result of the competition for the most beautiful office building in the world.' The various competition entries proved extremely influential for the development of skyscraper architecture in the 1920s. The Tribune Tower was completed in 1925 and reaches a height of 141 meters. It is located at North Michigan Avenue, near the Chicago River. With a crowning tower and its flying decorative buttresses at the top, the Tribune Tower is derived from the design of the French cathedral of Rouen and gives the building its striking silhouette. The Chicago Tribune Tower remains a remarkable architectural monument. An interesting fact is that the base of the Tribune Tower is studded with more than 120 stones from famed sites and structures in all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries. These famous stones include a moon rock, rock fragments from the Alamo, the Coliseum, the Great Wall of China, the Parthenon and the Taj Mahal.' Source: www.aviewoncities.com/chicago/tribunetower.htm and www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/T/TribuneTower.html
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / Archivision.com)
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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