Commercial style

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Commercial style is an architectural approach that emerged in late 19th-century Chicago, characterized by steel-frame construction, large plate-glass windows, and minimal ornamentation that emphasized function and verticality in early skyscrapers.

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Commercial Style 3

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Burnham and Root → architecturalStyle → Commercial style ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commercial Style
Marquette Building → architecturalStyle → Commercial style ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commercial Style
Monadnock Building → architecturalStyle → Commercial style ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commercial Style