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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
Loop North 860-880 Lake Shore Drive |
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architect |
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe |
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location |
860-880 Lake Shore Dr. |
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date |
1949-1951 |
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style |
International Style |
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construction |
Curtain-wall, |
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type |
Apartment Building |
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Deceptively simple in appearance, these twin apartment towers set the
standard by which all subsequent glass-and-steel highrises are judged.
Few, if any, have come even close to these buildings' perfection in
form, proportions, and detailing. No other design by this world-famous
architect had so immediate or so strong an impact. They are featured in
every book on modern architecture, and they are among the best known of
the city's post-World War II architecture. 860–880 Lake Shore Drive is a twin pair of glass-and-steel apartment towers on Lakeshore Drive in Chicago, Illinois. The 26 floor, 82 m tall towers were designed by the famous architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and dubbed the "Glass House" apartments. Construction was by the renowned Chicago real estate developer Herbert Greenwald. The design principles first expressed in 860-880 Lake Shore Drive were copied extensively, and are now considered characteristic of the modern "international style". They were finished in 1951 and were featured in a 1957 article in Life magazine on Mies. In 1996 they became the first buildings designed by Mies van der Rohe to receive Chicago Landmark Status. |
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links |
With special thanks to the City of
Chicago website,
www.egov.cityofchicago.org , for much of the info on this page.
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