130 Years of Architecture History

ADAMS & DEARBORN STREETS INTERSEC TION

130 Y E A R S O F A R C H I T E C T U R E H I S T O R Y

18 72

1895

1959 - 74

2003

BERGHOFF

MARQUETTE

FEDERAL CENTER

CITADEL

A N E V O LU T I O N O F ST YLE, DESIGN AND ECONOMIES OF SC ALE.

➻ TWO BUILDINGS (1871 & 1872) ➻ POST-FIRE CONSTRUCTION ➻ UTILITARIAN—LACKED AMENITIES

MARQUETTE BUILDING

HOLABIRD & ROCHE (1895)

➻ COMMERCIAL STYLE (fka “CHICAGO SCHOOL”) ➻ TRIPARTITE FACADE ➻ INTERNAL METAL SKELETAL FRAME

MARQUETTE BUILDING

HOLABIRD & ROCHE (1895)

➻ MARQUETTE & JOLIET HISTORY ➻ HERMAN MCNEIL PANELS ABOVE ENTRANCE

MARQUETTE BUILDING

HOLABIRD & ROCHE (1895)

➻ LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY MOSAICS ➻ HERMAN MCNEIL & EDWARD KEMMEYS SCULPTORS

FEDERAL CENTER

LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE (1959-1974)

➻ MID-CENTURY MODERN ➻ ”LESS IS MORE” ➻ “FLAMINGO” BY ALEXANDER CALDER

FEDERAL CENTER

LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE (1959-1974)

➻ VOLUME + SIMILARITY ➻ VOID OF ORNAMENTATION ➻ EVERYTHING DERIVED FROM GRID

FEDERAL CENTER

LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE (1959-1974)

➻ “I” BEAM TO CAST SHADOWS ➻ ICONIC BLACK COATED STEEL ➻ BRONZE TINTED WINDOWS

CITADEL CENTER

DESTEFANO & BOFILL (2003)

➻ POST-MODERN (CONTEMPORARY) ➻ “LESS IS A BORE!”

CITADEL CENTER

DESTEFANO & BOFILL (2003)

➻ LUXURIOUS MATERIALS ➻ RECOGNIZED FOR ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY

“ARCHITECTURE SHOULD SPEAK OF ITS TIME AND PLACE, BUT YEARN FOR TIMELESSNESS.” FRANK GEHRY