Chicago Federal Center

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government complex modernist architectural complex

The Chicago Federal Center is a modernist government complex in downtown Chicago designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, housing major federal offices and a prominent public plaza.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Chicago Federal Center canonical	4
Chicago Federal Center buildings	1
U.S. Post Office Building (Chicago Federal Center)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government complex ⓘ modernist architectural complex ⓘ
architect	Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
architecturalStyle	International Style ⓘ Modernism ⓘ
artistOfPublicArt	Alexander Calder ⓘ
category	Federal buildings in Chicago ⓘ Modernist architecture in Illinois ⓘ Skyscraper office buildings in Chicago ⓘ
colorScheme	black steel and glass buildings with red sculpture ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1959 ⓘ
contains	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ⓘ surface form: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit offices United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ⓘ surface form: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois offices United States Post Office facilities ⓘ offices of federal agencies ⓘ
coordinateLocation	41.878°N 87.629°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
district	Chicago Loop ⓘ surface form: Chicago Loop retail and business district
floorCountOfPart	Dirksen Federal Building: 30 stories ⓘ Kluczynski Federal Building: 42 stories ⓘ
function	courthouse complex ⓘ federal government offices ⓘ
hasColonnade	perimeter pilotis columns ⓘ
hasElevatedPlaza	no ⓘ
hasGridPlan	rectilinear building arrangement ⓘ
hasPart	Dirksen Federal Building ⓘ Federal Plaza (Chicago) ⓘ Kluczynski Federal Building ⓘ Chicago Federal Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Post Office Building (Chicago Federal Center)
hasPublicSpace	large open plaza ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Chicago Landmark ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	2004 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Loop (Chicago) ⓘ surface form: Loop, Chicago
location	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
maintainedBy	U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ surface form: United States General Services Administration
material	black-painted steel curtain wall ⓘ glass ⓘ steel ⓘ
namedAfter	Everett McKinley Dirksen (for Dirksen Federal Building) ⓘ John C. Kluczynski (for Kluczynski Federal Building) ⓘ
notableWork	Alexander Calder's Flamingo ⓘ
numberOfBuildings	3 ⓘ
owner	U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ surface form: United States General Services Administration
plazaSurface	granite-paved plaza ⓘ
publicArt	Flamingo (Chicago sculpture) ⓘ surface form: Flamingo (sculpture)
roofType	flat roof ⓘ
streetAddress	Dearborn Street between Adams Street and Jackson Boulevard ⓘ
structuralSystem	steel frame ⓘ
yearCompleted	1974 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Federal Center Plaza → partOf → Chicago Federal Center ⓘ

Dirksen Federal Building → partOf → Chicago Federal Center ⓘ

Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse → partOf → Chicago Federal Center ⓘ

Federal Plaza → hasView → Chicago Federal Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chicago Federal Center buildings

Chicago Federal Center → hasPart → Chicago Federal Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Post Office Building (Chicago Federal Center)

Kluczynski Federal Building → partOf → Chicago Federal Center ⓘ