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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
Loop South Rookery Building |
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architect |
Original structure, Burnham and Root ; Lobby, Frank Lloyd Wright |
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location |
209 S. LaSalle St. |
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date |
1885-88; Lobby remodeled 1905-07 |
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style |
Romanesque Revival exterior, lobby Prairie School |
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construction |
Stone clad |
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type |
Office Building |
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The powerful exterior of this building, which is softened by lively
ornament detailed by architect John Root, typifies the lingering
picturesque attitudes toward commercial architecture still prevalent in
the 1880s. A transitional structure in the evolution of modern
architecture, the Rookery Building employs both masonry wall-bearing and
skeletal frame construction techniques. It takes its name from a
temporary City Hall and water tank that stood on the site following the
Fire of 1871. A favorite roost for pigeons, these structures were
referred to as "the rookery." When Frank Lloyd Wright remodeled the
Rookery's large skylit lobby in 1905, he introduced elements
characteristic of his
Prairie School designs. |
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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.
Photos copyright City of Chicago. |
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