Holabird & Roche

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architectural firm company

Holabird & Roche was a prominent Chicago-based architectural firm known for its influential early skyscraper designs and major civic projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural firm → company →
architecturalStyle	Chicago School →
basedIn	Chicago →
city	Chicago →
country	United States →
dissolved	1928 →
foundedBy	Martin Roche → William Holabird →
hasDesignApproach	expressed steel structure → functional planning → large window openings →
hasOfficeType	civic buildings → commercial buildings → institutional buildings →
hasPartner	Martin Roche → William Holabird →
inception	1880 →
industry	architecture →
influencedBy	Chicago School movement → Louis Sullivan →
knownFor	civic architecture → steel-frame commercial buildings → tall office buildings →
locatedIn	Chicago →
notableFor	Chicago School architecture → early skyscraper design →
notableProjectType	city halls → courthouses → skyscrapers →
notableWork	Chicago Board of Trade Building (original) → Chicago City Hall → Chicago City Hall–County Building complex → Chicago Municipal Courts Building → Fort Dearborn Building → Gage Building (Chicago) → Marquette Building → McClurg Building → Old Colony Building → Republic Building (Chicago) →
partOf	Chicago School of Architecture →
regionServed	Chicago metropolitan area → Midwestern United States →
state	Illinois →
successor	Holabird & Root →
timePeriod	early 20th century → late 19th century →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chicago Board of Trade Building (original) ("Holabird & Root") → Chicago City Hall → Marquette Building → McClurg Building → Monadnock Building → Old Colony Building → Soldier Field →	architect
Daniel Burnham ("D. H. Burnham & Company") → Martin Roche → William Holabird →	employer
Gage Building (Chicago) → Graceland Cemetery → Portland Union Station ("Van Brunt & Howe") →	hasArchitect
McClurg Building →	architecturalFirm
William Holabird →	coFounderOf
Chicago School architecture →	hasNotablePractitioner
Martin Roche →	memberOf
Holabird & Roche ("Holabird & Root") →	successor