Architecture Dictionary

In the decades after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Daniel Burnham and John Wellborn Root changed the…

Bertrand Goldberg specialized in unique forms built from common materials and created some of the most…

Hammond, Beeby and Babka, known today as Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge, Inc., was founded in 1961 by James…

The Chicago firm of Holabird and Roche is well-known for designing some of the world’s first skyscrapers…

After founders William Holabird and Martin Roche died in the late 1920s, John Holabird (William’s son)…

New York architects Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells, established their reputation in Chicago by winning…

Architect Helmut Jahn (1940-2021) came to Chicago from Germany in 1966 to study under Ludwig Mies van…

Regarded as both an engineer and an architect, William Le Baron Jenney was influential in shaping Chicago…

It’s difficult to imagine what the skyline of Chicago might look like without architect Ludwig Mies van…

Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted designed some of the Chicago area’s most picturesque green…

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings. Partner…

Based in Chicago and now with an office in New York City, Studio Gang Architects was founded by Jeanne…

As an architect, critic and mentor, Louis H. Sullivan had an impact on architecture that extends well…

With a prolific career of more than 70 years, Frank Lloyd Wright’s work spans the late 19th and mid-20th…