We are headed to the windy city of Chicago for this weeks Architecture City Guide series. Jam packed with architecture from Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe, here are our 12 recommendations if you are visiting Chicago. Head to the comment section and share your recommendations for additional buildings to include on our list!
The Architecture City Guide: Chicago list and corresponding map after the break!
- Marina City / Bertrand Goldberg
- Aqua Tower / Studio Gang Architects
- University of Chicago – South Campus Chiller Plant / Murphy Jahn
- John Hancock Center / SOM
- Unity Temple / Frank Lloyd Wright
- Willis Tower (Sears Tower) / Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill
- Frederick C. Robie House / Frank Lloyd Wright
- IIT Master Plan and Buildings / Mies van der Rohe, MTCC / OMA, State Street Village Dorm / Murphy Jahn
- 860-880 Lake Shore Drive / Mies van der Rohe and Restoration / Kruek & Sexton Architects
- Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago / Renzo Piano, Millenium Park Jay Pritzker Pavilion / Frank Gehry, Crown Fountain / Jaume Plensa
- Contemporaine / Perkins + Will
- Gary Comer College Prep / John Ronan Architects
If you are up for a trip outside the city, an hour train ride and $16 (if you pre-purchase a ticket), you will arrive in Plano, Illinois the site of The Farnsworth House / Mies van der Rohe
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Can’t believe you left off anything from the first wave of Chicago architecture. The Rookery, Monadnock, Reliance, and Auditorium buildings are all must-sees.
Don’t forget the Glessner House, there are’t too many Richardson’s left out there.
And I have to agree on the Farnsworth – easily worth the drive
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http://www.archdaily.com/96207/contemporaine-perkins-will/
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The Aqua Tower looks nice from this particular angle. But from a distance, it doesn’t look outstanding. And based on what I’ve seen from the street level, the quality of craftmanship of the facade is not top notch.
John Ronan’s Poetry Foundation is easily the most stunning new building in the city. The nested layers of the facade, the successional entry sequence, the quality of craftsmanship…..superb.
Kevin-
Yes! Couldn’t agree more. Poetry Foundation is an absolutely wonderful place.