Transportation Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition

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World’s Columbian Exposition building exhibition hall temporary building

The Transportation Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition was a landmark exhibition hall famed for its richly ornamented “Golden Door” façade, showcasing architect Louis Sullivan’s pioneering modern American architectural style.

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Label Occurrences
Transportation Building 2
Transportation Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition canonical 2
Transportation Building (World's Columbian Exposition) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World’s Columbian Exposition building ⓘ
exhibition hall ⓘ
temporary building ⓘ
architect Louis Sullivan ⓘ
architecturalSignificance important counterpoint to the classical White City ensemble ⓘ
key example of Sullivan’s ornamental vocabulary ⓘ
associatedArchitecturalMovement Chicago School architecture ⓘ
surface form: Chicago School of architecture

modern American architecture ⓘ
city Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
coDesigner Dankmar Adler ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
contrastWith Beaux-Arts classicism of the White City ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demolitionDate 1894 ⓘ
designerBelief architecture should express structure and ornament honestly ⓘ
era late 19th century ⓘ
event World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
exhibitionType bicycles and carriages ⓘ
railway equipment ⓘ
ships and marine transport ⓘ
transportation technology ⓘ
urban transit ⓘ
expositionPurpose to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s voyage ⓘ
expositionTheme transportation and progress ⓘ
facadeColor gold ⓘ
facadeDescription richly ornamented polychrome portal ⓘ
function to demonstrate modern engineering and transport systems ⓘ
to house exhibits of transportation ⓘ
hasPortal Golden Door main entrance ⓘ
influenceOn development of modern American architectural expression ⓘ
knownFor departure from neoclassical White City aesthetic ⓘ
innovative use of color in architecture ⓘ
ornate Golden Door façade ⓘ
location Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
material staff (plaster over wood) for exterior ⓘ
name Transportation Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Transportation Building
notableFeature Golden Door ⓘ
openingDate 1893 ⓘ
ornamentDesigner Louis Sullivan ⓘ
partOf World’s Columbian Exposition grounds ⓘ
roofType large-span exhibition hall roof ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
style Chicago School architecture ⓘ
surface form: Chicago School

colorful polychrome decoration ⓘ
proto-modern American architecture ⓘ
temporaryStructure true ⓘ
visitorExperience processional entry through the Golden Door ⓘ
yearOfWorldsFair 1893 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louis Sullivan → notableWork → Transportation Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
White City → knownFor → Transportation Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
subject surface form: White City (World's Columbian Exposition)
this entity surface form: Transportation Building
Adler & Sullivan → notableWork → Transportation Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
Louis → notableWork → Transportation Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Sullivan
this entity surface form: Transportation Building (World's Columbian Exposition)
Transportation Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition → name → Transportation Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transportation Building