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Table of Contents

GUIDE TO

CHICAGOS

TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY

ARCHITECTURE

Publication supported by a grant

from the Furthermore Foundation:

a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.

2021 by the Board of Trustees

of the University of Illinois

All rights reserved

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hill, John, 1973 author. | Chicago Architecture

Center, author.

Title: Guide to Chicagos twenty-first-century architecture

/ Chicago Architecture Center & John Hill.

Other titles: Guide to Chicagos 21st-century architecture

Description: Urbana: University of Illinois Press, [2021] |

Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020051235 (print) | LCCN

2020051236 (ebook) | ISBN 9780252085710

(paperback) | ISBN 9780252052620 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: ArchitectureIllinoisChicago

History21st centuryGuidebooks. | Chicago (Ill.)

Buildings, structures, etc.Guidebooks. | Chicago

(Ill.)Guidebooks.

Classification: LCC NA735.C4 H48 2021 (print) | LCC

NA735.C4 (ebook) | DDC 720.9773/11dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020051235

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.

gov/2020051236

GUIDE TO

CHICAGOS

TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY

ARCHITECTURE

& John Hill

viii

Foreword

special events, and youth and adult education programs, all of which promote

a broad and inclusive understanding of the built environment both locally and

nationally. CAC challenges audiences of children and adults to consider how

design shapes our lives and ways each of us can participate in the design pro-

cess to help make our world better.

In August 2018, the CAC opened our new home above the Chicago River

at Michigan and East Wacker. This dazzling space includes exhibits on Chi-

cagos architectural legacy and innovative skyscrapers from around the world.

The star attraction of the Center is our Chicago City Model, featuring more

than 4,000 buildings and interactive elements that tell amazing stories of Chi-

cagos growth after the fire through today. The public embraced this new first

stop for design-minded visitors as a launching pad to explore the city. The

Guide to Chicagos Twenty-First Century Architecture will help readers dis-

cover breathtaking new building designs that consider the triumphs and chal-

lenges of the past while pointing the way to a sustainable and resilient future.

Lynn J. Osmond, Hon. AIA

President & CEO

Chicago Architecture Center

Contents

Foreword

Chicago has long defined itself The City of Architecturea place where

designers gather to explore new methods for building awe-inspiring structures

that shape urban life all around the globe.

This commitment to experimentation is deeply embedded in the citys

civic and business ideal. The Great Fire of 1871 provided the opportunity for

visionaries, including Daniel Burnham and Louis Sullivan, to rebuild a soar-

ing, fireproof downtown. In the first half of the twentieth century, Frank Lloyd

Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe responded to the work of their prede-

cessors with deeply personal designs for commercial, residential, and institu-

tional buildings throughout the city. Beyond the postwar era, designers such

as Bertrand Goldberg, Fazlur Kahn, Stanley Tigerman, and Margaret McCurry

brought forth an even broader range of structural forms to the skylineand

so forth.

Both physically and psychologically, the projects these outsize figures built

cast long shadows across the city, looming particularly large over the drafting

tables of contemporary designers. Architects from around the world travel to

Chicago to see our iconic buildings. And when they receive a Chicago com-

mission, they take great care knowing that their designs may literally stand up

next to buildings that they and their colleagues recognize as iconic. The past

two decades have repeatedly demonstrated that many of our most innovative

practitioners are still here in town creating tomorrows iconic buildings, places

where we will work, sleep, study, play, and gather together for years to come.

Broadly speaking, the best new building is one that complements the ar-

chitecture and community surrounding it while also demonstrating something

visionary, purposeful, and responsive to the modern world. This guide pro-

vides a broad survey of some of the projects that meet this high bar of design

excellence. In addition to emphasizing innovations in form, materials, and

amenities, the sites here highlight efficient land use in an increasingly dense

city, creative infrastructure improvements, state-of-the-art high rises, dignified

senior housing, neighborhood-focused social services, and energy-efficient

construction in an era defined by climate change.

The Chicago Architecture Center (CAC), founded in 1966, is a model for

architecture centers worldwide. Though we are proud of Chicagos design leg-

acy, it is our mission to inspire people to discover why design matters today .

We offer a range of activities, including tours, gallery exhibitions, lectures,

Acknowledgments

After writing my first book, a guide to contemporary architecture in New

York City published in 2011, I knew I would need help to make another similar

book feasibleguidebooks are a lot of work! Having grown up in the suburbs

of Chicago and worked in the city as an architect for close to ten years after

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