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: Modernism
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
111 South Wacker
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Contemporary
Architect: Goettsch Partners
150 North Riverside
Neighborhood: West Loop
Architect: Goettsch Partners
154 W. Superior
Neighborhood: River North
Style: Italianate, Victorian Row House
Architect: unknown
190 South LaSalle
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Postmodern
Architects: John Burgee Architects with Phillip Johnson, Shaw Associates
330 North Wabash / AMA Plaza (IBM Plaza)
Neighborhood: River North
Style: International Style
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
333 West Wacker
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Postmodern
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox
860–880 North Lake Shore Drive
Neighborhood: Near North Side
Style: International Style
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
875 N. Michigan Ave
Neighborhood: Near North Side
Style: Modernism
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Access Living Headquarters
Neighborhood: Near North Side
Style: Contemporary
Architect: LCM Architects
Aon Center
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Modernism
Architects: Edward Durell Stone & Associates, Perkins + Will
Apple Michigan Avenue
Neighborhood: Streeterville
Style: Contemporary
Architect: Foster + Partners
Aqua
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Contemporary
Architects: Loewenberg Architects, Architect of Record, Studio Gang
Art Institute of Chicago
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Beaux Arts
Architect: Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Auditorium Building
Neighborhood: Loop
Architect: Adler & Sullivan
Bahá’í House of Worship
Neighborhood: Wilmette
Architects: George A. Fuller, Louis Bourgeois
