A few Photos of Chicago, Illinois
Properly speaking, this is the Marina City complex. Designed by Bertrand Goldberg (who died in 1997), the buildings were the tallest residential concrete buildings in the world at the time of completion (1964).
Properly speaking, this is the Marina City complex. Designed by Bertrand Goldberg (who died in 1997), the buildings were the tallest residential concrete buildings in the world at the time of completion (1964).
Located on Federal Plaza, and seen here from S. Federal St., The Flamingo is one of Alexander Calder’s stabiles. It is 53 feet tall (~16 m). It was unveiled in 1974.
The John Hancock Center on N. Michigan Ave. (along the "Magnificent Mile") was designed by structural engineer Fazlur Khan and Bruce Graham (both at Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill), and completed in 1969.
Khan also worked on the Sears Tower (now called the Willis Tower), and the firm in general is responsible for many astounding structures around the world, including the amazing Burj Khalifa in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Khan's considerable contributions to architecture and structural engineering are well described in a Wikipedia article.
Khan also worked on the Sears Tower (now called the Willis Tower), and the firm in general is responsible for many astounding structures around the world, including the amazing Burj Khalifa in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Khan's considerable contributions to architecture and structural engineering are well described in a Wikipedia article.
An Elevator in Water Tower Place Shopping Mall
The Board of Trade (Holabird and Roche, archs.) If I'm not mistaken, the architectural firm is now called Holabird & Root.
In the foreground, the Chicago Water Tower, built in 1869 by architect William W. Boyington. The black building in the back is the John Hancock Center; and the white building is the Water Tower Place shopping center and skyscraper, designed by Edward D. Dart (of Loebl, Schlossman, Bennett, and Dart).
The Buckingham Fountain (Edward H. Bennett and Jacques Lambert, archs.)
"The fountain was donated to the city by Kate Buckingham in memory of her brother, Clarence Buckingham, and was constructed at a cost of $750,000. The fountain's official name is the Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain.</i> Kate Buckingham also established the Buckingham Fountain Endowment Fund with an initial investment of $300,000 to pay for maintenance. Buckingham Fountain was dedicated on August 26, 1927" (Wikipedia).
"The fountain was donated to the city by Kate Buckingham in memory of her brother, Clarence Buckingham, and was constructed at a cost of $750,000. The fountain's official name is the Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain.</i> Kate Buckingham also established the Buckingham Fountain Endowment Fund with an initial investment of $300,000 to pay for maintenance. Buckingham Fountain was dedicated on August 26, 1927" (Wikipedia).
