The Modern Architecture of
Chicago
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Frank Lloyd Wright (1889)
Wright Home and Studio by Frank Lloyd Wright © Teemu008 CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Charnley-Persky House, Louis Sullivan & Frank Lloyd Wright (1891-1892)
Charnley-Persky House by Sullivan & Wright © w_lemay CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Monadnock Building, Burnham & Root, Holabird & Roche (1891-1893)
Monadnock Building by Burnham & Root © David K. Staub CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Unity Temple, Frank Lloyd Wright (1908)
Unity Temple by Frank Lloyd Wright © Brian Crawford CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Frederick C. Robie House, Frank Lloyd Wright (1910)
Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright © Teemu08 CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Chicago Theatre, Rapp and Rapp (1921)
Chicago Theatre by Rapp & Rapp © Daniel Schwen CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Wrigley Building, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White (1924)
Wrigley Building by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White © Lectrician2 CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Tribune Tower, Howells & Hood (1925)
Tribune Tower by Howells & Hood © Chris6d CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Apple Michigan Avenue, Foster + Partners (2017)
Apple Michigan Avenue © Chris Rycroft CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Carbide and Carbon Building, Burnham Brothers (1929)
Carbide and Carbon Building by Burnham Brothers © w_lemay CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
860-880 Lake Shore Drive, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1951)
860-880 Lake Shore Drive by Mies van der Rohe © w_lemay CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
S. R. Crown Hall, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1956)
S. R. Crown Hall by Mies van der Rohe © Kenneth C Zirkel CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Marina Towers, Bertrand Goldberg (1964)
Marina Towers by Bertrand Goldberg © Diego Delso CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
John Hancock Center, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (1968)
John Hancock Center by SOM photo by TheFrog001 CC BY-SA 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Willis Tower, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (1973)
Willis Tower by SOM © Daniel Schwen CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
IIT McCormick Tribune Campus Center, Rem Koolhaas, OMA (2003)
IIT McCormick Tribune Center by Rem Koolhaas © Richard Duncan CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Frank Gehry (2004)
Jay Pritzker Pavilion by Frank Gehry © Rob Young CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Aqua Tower, Studio Gang Architects (2009)
Aqua Tower by Studio Gang © George Showman CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Joe and Rita Mansueto Library, Helmut Jahn (2011)
Mansueto Library by Helmut Jahn © Mike Peel CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Art Institute of Chicago Expansion, Renzo Piano (2012)
Art Institute of Chicago Expansion by Renzo Piano © Amerique CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Other Notable Projects in Chicago
The Rookery Building Redesign, Frank Lloyd Wright (1905)
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