Chicago Architecture

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Chicago Architecture

• Chicago A Forest of Skyscrapers
• Why?
• Balloon Frame Construction (1830s)
• Fast wooden frame construction covered the city
  of Chicago
• The Great Chicago Fire (1871)
• 17,000 balloon frame homes destroyed
• Required to rebuild with stone, brick, mortar
• Drew architects from around the world

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Chicago Architecture
Chicago River Tour
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Chicago was reborn after the Great Fire of
1870 The first iron frame high rise building,
the invention of the spread foundation caisson
system by John Root which made the modern
skyscraper possible. Great architects such
as Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies
van de Rohe created this fantastic urban
architectural village
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Wrigley Building
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Chicago Tribune Tower
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333 West Wacker
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River Walks
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River Walks
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Hotel built back from the river to accommodate
plants, open space and various shops and
restaurants below the hotel
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College Offices Shops Restaurants River walk All
integrated Vertically adjacent to the Chicago
River and the River Walk
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Trains are primarily above ground in Chicago but
many run under buildings throughout the city.
Wacker Drive a major highway runs in a
double-decker set up under parts of the city and
along the river
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Boeing World Headquarters
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Marina City
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NBC TOWER
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River City
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River City
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Marinas beneath many of the buildings on the river
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Sears Tower 311 S. Wacker
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Merchandise Mart
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Three Distinct Architectural Styles
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View from the John Hancock Building
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Lake Michigan to the East and Navy Pier
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Lake Shore Drive Runs along Lake Michigan
adjacent to the City of Chicago major
thoroughfare and scenic route
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Soldier Fieldmuseums and numerous parks, bike
trails and beachesLake Michigan on right City of
Chicago on left
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Aon Center white building to the
rightoriginally marble could not withstand the
elements, the skin replaced with granite at a
cost of twice the original construction cost