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.
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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
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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Layout 1
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: International Style
Architects: Mies van der Rohe, The Office of Mies van der Rohe
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Layout 2
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 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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Layout 6
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: International Style
Architects: Mies van der Rohe, The Office of Mies van der Rohe
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Sears Tower
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Postmodern
Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Ross Barney Architects
Staging Test
Neighborhood: South Chicago
Style: Italianate, Richardsonian Romanesque
Architects: Holabird & Roche, Hugh Young, Lester B. Knight & Associates