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Art Deco

Art Deco emerged as a popular style of American architecture the 1920s and 1930s. The style originated as a visual art movement in France at the beginning of the 20th Century. It was widely seen at the 1925 Paris exposition of Modern Decorative…

universal space

Term

a completely open space within a building that can be used for different purposes

Wacker’s Manual

Milestone

Wacker’s Manual (1911), written by Walter D. Moody, was commissioned by the Chicago Plan Commission to…

wind load

Term

the natural wind forces that push and pull on the sides of buildings

World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893

Milestone

How did the 1893 World’s Fair impact Chicago and its architecture?

Frank Lloyd Wright

Architect/Firm

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