CHICAGO BUILDING

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Title	CHICAGO BUILDING
View	View from northwest, depicting the north and west facades
Notes	administrative
Work Type	office building skyscraper
Style/Period	Early Modern Chicago School
Creator Name	Holabird & Roche (Chicago, Ill.)
Creator Nationality	American firm
School of Creator	Chicago School
Major Design Aspects	vertical thrust repetitive forms
Elements & Spatial Types	oriel bay window
Climate Type	temperate
Country	United States of America
City	Chicago
State/Province	IL
Location.Notes	State Street
Architectural Material	brick, steel
Structural System	steel frame
Dates	1904-1905
Century	20C
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Date Photographed	9/30/1991
Subject Information	Designed by Holabird and Roche in 1904, the Chicago Building is one of the finest examples of the Chicago School of Architecture,' a movement that began at the end of the 19th century, producing the world's first tall buildings as well as providing the world with its first original architecture since the Italian High Renaissance. In their design of the Chicago Building, one of the most intact of the early steel frame buildings to be constructed in Chicago, Holabird and Roche incorporated important features of this new high rise architecture. Hallmarks of the period can be seen in the building's 'Chicago windows,' which are characterized by a wide middle window flanked on either side by narrower windows. In its State Street facade continuous piers accentuate the building's 15-story vertical rise. One of the few structures of 'The Chicago School' retains its original cornice, marble-clad lobby and staircase, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975. It was designated a Chicago Landmark in 1996'. Source: www.artic.edu/saic/about/why/cbuilding.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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