Cool Architecture in Chicago

Cool Architecture in Chicago

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A Modernist paradise- Chitown!



DOWNTOWN


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Marina City by Bertrand Goldberg (exhibition at the Art Institute in 2012)

Santa Fe Building by X (The Chicago Architecture Foundation and a lot of the big firms are inside this building)

Inland Steel by SOM


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Pritzker Pavilion by Frank Gehry

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BP Bridge by Frank Gehry

Crown Fountain by Krueck Sexton


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Spertus Institute by Krueck Sexton


Lake Point Tower by John Heinrich, George Schipporeit


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Poetry Foundation by John Ronan



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Sofitel Chicago by Jean-Paul Viguier

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Sears Tower by SOM

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Hancock Tower by SOM

Museum of Contemporary Art by Kleihues + Kleihues

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Federal Center by Mies van der Rohe

Art Institute Modern Wing by Renzo Piano

Trump Tower by SOM

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Aqua Tower by Studio Gang

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Thompson Center by Murphy Jahn

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Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor

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860-880 Lakeshore Drive Apts by Mies van der Rohe

The Contemporaine by Perkins & Will

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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum by Perkins & Will

Near North Apartments by Helmut Jahn

Roosevelt University Building by VOA Associates

Prentice Women’s Hospital by Bertrand Goldberg

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Lincoln Park South Pond by Studio Gang

Hilliard Apartments by Bertrand Goldberg

Gary Comer Youth Center by John Ronan

Gary Comer College Prep by John Ronan

The UNO Soccer Academy by Juan Moreno

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Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center by Harry Weese


IIT CAMPUS
McCormick Tribune Campus Center by OMA/Rem Koolhaas
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Crown Hall by Mies van der Rohe


State Street Village by Helmut Jahn

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CAMPUS

Social Service Administration Building by Mies van der Rohe


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South Campus Chiller Plant by Helmut Jahn

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Mansueto Library by Helmut Jahn

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Logan Center for the Arts by Todd Williams and Billie Tsien

Harper Center by Rafael Vinoly

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Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright


OAK PARK

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Unity Temple by Frank Lloyd Wright

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Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio by Frank Lloyd Wright


There are many houses by Frank Lloyd Wright around Oak Park, many of them are not open to the public but its a quick walk around the block to see most of them and well worth it.



SUBURBS
Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe

Starlight Theater by Studio Gang


OTHER


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