Besides Frank Lloyd Wright (Chicago, Lincoln: credit, construction, school)

[Windy City John]

Who are the other famous architects that impacted the Chicago landscape?

Did you know his name was Frank Lincoln Wright before he changed it.

Zook was part of the arts and craft period. Correct?

[via chicago]

Louis Sullivan- Frank Lloyd Wright's mentor, the "father of modernism". made famous the idea that "form follows function". considered by many to be the creator of the modern skyscraper. reponsible for...

the Chicago Stock Exchange (since demolished, arch was saved, and trading floor was moved to the Art Institute)
http://jerry.dellinger.com/images/architecture/Chicago_Stock_Exchange_arch.jpg (broken link)

Auditorium Building


Wainwright Building (one of the worlds first skyscrapers)


Ludwig Mies van der Rohe- famous for "less is more" and "god is in the details". responsible for such landmarks as...

the IBM Building



The Farnworth House


as well as much of the IIT campus


Fazlur Khan- considered one of the greatest structural engineers of the 20th century. Designed both the Sears Tower and Hancock Center

[via chicago]

And more recently we are seeing "organic" architecture, such as

the redesigned Spertus Institute
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20071126/capt.4edee2b1aa514305957c22cb18ffcc84.spertus_reop ening_cx101.jpg (broken link)

Chicago Spire by Sanitago Calatrava


and Aqua by Jeanne Gang
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Aqua_Chicago.jpg (broken link)

[Windy City John]

excellent! keep them coming....

[mdz]

Helmut Jahn

[Lookout Kid]

William LeBaron Jenney pioneered steel frame skyscaper construction, which was later improved upon by Louis Sullivan and Daniel Burnham. The "Chicago School" of architecture is largely considered the beginning of architectural modernism, and inspired the European architects (Mies, Le Corbusier) who made it famous. Then Mies moved here to avoid Hitler after the Bauhaus was shut down by the Nazis, and became a Chicago architect himself.

Big firms in Chicago that are doing good work in Chicago include Skidmore Owings and Merrill and Perkins and Will (though both are inconsistent). Helmut Jahn is perhaps our only really famous "Star-chitect". Current lesser-known archtitects/firms who are getting recognition in Chicago are Krueck and Sexton, Jeanne Gang, Joe Valerio, Brininstool and Lynch, Urban Lab, Doug Garafalo, John Ronan, and many others.

If you like Mies, check out this link (and turn up the sound):


YouTube - Mies Van Der Rohe

[Windy City John]

How come you don't hear much about the famous Chicago 7?--just curious.

Weese
Freed
Nagle
Booth
Tigerman
Cohen
Beeby

[jdiddy]

Originally Posted by Lookout Kid

If you like Mies, check out this link (and turn up the sound):


YouTube - Mies Van Der Rohe

My life is better for having seen that.

[jcp123]

Can't forget Daniel Burnham or his partner John Root who formed Burnham + Root. Look at the Rookery in the Loop for a good surviving example. Root also designed the Union Stockyard Gate, designated a national historic site. These are the architects responsible for the World's Fair in the early 1890's, as well, which arguably put Chicago on the map (though Root died early in the process). Both were relatively classically inspired.

There was also Louis Sullivan, who was somewhat less well-known in his time but is a much bigger impact on modern architecture. He was a mentor of Frank Lloyd Wright's, and some even credit him with the creation of the modern skscraper.

[Lookout Kid]

I think you don't hear much about the "Chicago 7" (not the ones from 1968) because they are mostly dead or past their prime. Weese is getting a lot of recognition these days. Stanley Tigerman is still the social coordinator for big architectural events in Chicago, but he's known for being "difficult" and his architecture is terrible! Booth Hansen is just another corporate firm now.