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TOP 10 CHICAGO ARCHITECTS
1 William Le Baron Jenney
The “father of the skyscraper”
(1832–1907) who designed the first
all-metal-framed structure, the Home
Insurance Building, in 1885 (see p40).
2 Daniel Burnham
Visionary city planner and architect,
Burnham (1846–1912) was the man
behind the White City (see p23).
3 William Holabird & Martin Roche
This influential team (Holabird
1854–1923; Roche 1853–1927)
developed early Chicago-style
skyscrapers including the Marquette
Building (see p74).
4 Louis H. Sullivan
The creator (1856–1924) of the “form
follows function” doctrine designed
according to a building’s intended use.
5 Frank Lloyd Wright
Inspired by the wide open spaces of
the Midwest, Wright (see pp36–7) was
the origi nator of the Prairie style.
6 George Maher
The innovative exterior of Aqua Tower A Prairie School architect (1864–1926)
Aqua Tower
8 who favored Arts and Crafts motifs.
7 Walter Burley Griffin
MAP L3 • 225 N. Columbus Dr.
The exterior of the 84-story Aqua Another Prairie-style architect
Tower appears to undulate due to the (1876–1937) with a namesake historic
district on Chicago’s South Side.
varying elevations of the skyscraper’s
bal conies. Architect Jeanne Gang 8 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
cites the striated limestone This minimalist architect (1886–1969)
outcroppings that are common was the creator of the modern
glass-and-steel box.
along Great Lakes shorelines.
9 Bertrand Goldberg
Monadnock Building
9 Goldberg (1913–1997) des igned
Marina City, which is typical of his
Constructed in two stages,
this Loop edifice represents the curvilinear concrete shapes.
evolution of skyscraper architecture. 10 Jeanne Gang
The northern half was built in 1891 Designer of the award-winning Aqua
Tower, Gang (1964–) is a contemporary
using solely wall-bearing construction, innovator among skyscraper designers.
while the southern half was built
two years later and incorporated
the then-emerging steel-frame
technology still used today (see p74).
Tribune Tower
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Despite the cathedral-like
buttresses atop the Tribune Tower,
headquarters of the Chicago Tribune,
this Neo-Gothic building was only
erected in 1925. Its facade contains
stones from 120 global landmarks, Frank Lloyd Wright
including China’s Great Wall (see p80).

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