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Title	CARSON PIRIE SCOTT STORE
View	General view, depicting the entire north facade
Notes	commercial
Work Type	department store retail
Style/Period	American Art Nouveau Chicago School
Creator Name	Sullivan, Louis H.
Creator Nationality	American
Date.Creator Birth	1856
Date.Creator Death	1924
Contributors to Project	addition by Burnham in 1905, later addition by Holabird and Root, 1960; both additions follow Sullivan's original plan.
Major Design Aspects	ornamentation based on nature elaborate detail structural grid idiosyncratic
Elements & Spatial Types	Chicago window corner bay
Climate Type	cold temperate
Country	United States of America
City	Chicago
State/Province	IL
Architectural Material	cast-iron, terra-cotta: glazed
Structural System	steel frame
Dates	1899, 1903-1904
Century	20C
Designation/Awards/Inscriptions	city landmark
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Date Photographed	9/30/1991
Subject Information	American architect Louis Sullivan also played an influential design role in the creation of a new design vocabulary. Although Sullivan is most recognized for his development of the skyscraper, he also produced inventive Art Nouveau motifs for the ornamental detailing on the Wainwright Building (1890-1891, St Louis, Missouri), Guaranty Building (1894-1895, Buffalo, New York), Carson Pirie Scott department store (1899-1904, Chicago, Illinois), and other structures. Whether in wrought iron or terra-cotta, Sullivan's ornamentation is based on plant forms and patterns of complex, interlocking lines. Source: http://home.arcor.de/oscar.wilde/lifetime/art_nouveau.htm
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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