Chicago School architecture

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architectural movement architectural style

Chicago School architecture is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style centered in Chicago, characterized by steel-frame skyscrapers with large plate-glass windows and minimal exterior ornamentation.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Chicago School 17
Chicago School of architecture 6
Chicago School of Architecture 3

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural movement ⓘ
architectural style ⓘ
appliesTo department stores ⓘ
early high-rise buildings ⓘ
office buildings ⓘ
architecturalStyleOf early skyscrapers ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endTime early 20th century ⓘ
field architecture ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Chicago School architecture ⓘ
surface form: Chicago School of architecture

Commercial style ⓘ
hasCharacteristic commercial office buildings ⓘ
commercial urban context ⓘ
emphasis on natural light ⓘ
emphasis on verticality ⓘ
functional expression of structure ⓘ
grid-like façade ⓘ
large window areas ⓘ
limited historical ornament ⓘ
rectilinear forms ⓘ
reduced ornamentation ⓘ
regular window bays ⓘ
steel skeleton frame ⓘ
terra cotta cladding ⓘ
tripartite façade composition ⓘ
use of curtain walls ⓘ
hasLocation City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
hasNotablePractitioner Adler & Sullivan ⓘ
Daniel Burnham ⓘ
Holabird & Roche ⓘ
John Wellborn Root ⓘ
Louis Sullivan ⓘ
William Le Baron Jenney ⓘ
hasNotableWork Auditorium Building ⓘ
Carson Pirie Scott Building ⓘ
Home Insurance Building ⓘ
Monadnock Building ⓘ
Reliance Building ⓘ
Wainwright Building ⓘ
hasPart large plate-glass windows ⓘ
minimal exterior ornamentation ⓘ
steel-frame construction ⓘ
inception circa 1880s ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
influenced 20th-century skyscraper design ⓘ
International Style ⓘ
modernist architecture ⓘ
influencedBy Great Chicago Fire of 1871 ⓘ
Industrial Revolution ⓘ
advances in steel technology ⓘ
fireproof construction requirements ⓘ
movementLocation Chicago Loop ⓘ
downtown Chicago ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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Republic Building (Chicago) → architecturalMovement → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School of architecture
Burnham and Root → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Exchange District → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Fisher Building (Chicago) → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Flatiron Building → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Gage Building (Chicago) → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Holabird & Roche → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Loop Retail Historic District → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Marquette Building → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Marquette Downtown Historic District → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
McClurg Building → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Monadnock Building → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Old Colony Building → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Railway Exchange Building (Chicago) → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Reliance Building → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Republic Building (Chicago) → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
The Rookery Building → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
William Holabird → architecturalStyle → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White → associatedWith → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School of architecture
Marshall Field Wholesale Store, Chicago → associatedWith → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
subject surface form: Marshall Field Wholesale Store
this entity surface form: Chicago School of architecture
South Michigan Avenue → associatedWith → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago architecture
Zachary Taylor Davis → educatedAt → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School of Architecture
Chicago School architecture → hasAlternativeName → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School of architecture
this entity surface form: Chicago School
Henry Hobson Richardson → influenced → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago school of architecture
Louis Sullivan → influenced → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School architects
Richardsonian Romanesque → influenced → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago school architecture
Holabird & Roche → influencedBy → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School movement
Prairie School → influencedBy → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School (architecture)
William Holabird → memberOf → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School of architecture
Louis Sullivan → movement → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School of architecture
Martin Roche → movement → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago school of architecture
Burnham and Root → notableFor → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
Gage Building (Chicago) → notableFor → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
Holabird & Roche → notableFor → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
Martin Roche → notableFor → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
subject surface form: Holabird & Roche
this entity surface form: Chicago school skyscrapers
William Holabird → notableFor → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
Burnham and Root → partOf → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School of Architecture
Holabird & Roche → partOf → Chicago School architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago School of Architecture