Buildings of chicago
Chicago has long been a laboratory for architectural innovation and experimentation. Discover the stories behind some of the city’s most significant skyscrapers, museums, theaters, bridges, homes, schools, houses of worship and parks.
Chicago has long been a laboratory for architectural innovation and experimentation. Discover the stories behind some of the city’s most significant skyscrapers, museums, theaters, bridges, homes, schools, houses of worship and parks.
- Fan Favorite
111 East Wacker
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Modernism
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
111 South Wacker
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Contemporary
Architect: Goettsch Partners
190 South LaSalle
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Postmodern
Architects: John Burgee Architects with Phillip Johnson, Shaw Associates
333 West Wacker
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Postmodern
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox
Aon Center
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Modernism
Architects: Edward Durell Stone & Associates, Perkins + Will
Aqua
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Contemporary
Architects: Loewenberg Architects, Architect of Record, Studio Gang
Art Institute of Chicago
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Beaux Arts
Architect: Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Auditorium Building
Neighborhood: Loop
Architect: Adler & Sullivan
- Fan Favorite
Carbide and Carbon Building
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Art Deco, 19th Century Commercial
Architect: Burnham Brothers
Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Venetian Gothic
Architect: Henry Ives Cobb
Chicago Board of Trade Building
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Art Deco
Architect: Holabird & Root
Chicago Cultural Center
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Beaux Arts
Architect: Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Chicago Riverwalk
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Contemporary
Architects: Ross Barney Architects, Sasaki Associates
Chicago Theatre
Neighborhood: Loop
Architect: C.W. and George L. Rapp
Federal Center
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: International Style
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
Fine Arts Building
Neighborhood: Loop
Style: Richardsonian Romanesque
Architect: Solon S. Berman
