Reliance Building

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The Reliance Building is a pioneering late-19th-century Chicago skyscraper celebrated for its early use of steel-frame construction and expansive glass façades, making it a landmark of the Chicago School of architecture.

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Reliance Building (early phases) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chicago School building
historic building
office building
skyscraper
address 32 North State Street
architect Charles B. Atwood NERFINISHED
Daniel Burnham
surface form: Daniel H. Burnham

John Wellborn Root
architecturalStyle Chicago School architecture
surface form: Chicago School

early modern architecture
ChicagoLandmarkDesignationYear 1975
city Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago
constructionStartYear 1890
country United States of America
surface form: USA

United States of America
surface form: United States
currentName Staypineapple, An Iconic Hotel, The Loop Chicago
The Alise Chicago
currentUse hotel
developer William Hale
feature curtain wall design
expansive glass façades
large plate-glass windows
steel-frame construction
white glazed terra cotta cladding
floorCount 15
height approximately 202 feet
approximately 61 meters
heritageDesignation Chicago Landmark
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
locatedInHistoricDistrict Chicago Loop
surface form: Chicago Loop area
location City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago

Illinois
United States of America
surface form: United States
materialUsed glass
steel frame
terra cotta
NationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationYear 1976
neighborhood Loop
NRHPListingYear 1970
NRHPReferenceNumber 70000233
owner City of Chicago
renovation extensive restoration in the 1990s
significance early example of glass-and-steel skyscraper
influential in development of modern skyscraper design
landmark of the Chicago School of architecture
pioneering use of steel-frame construction
state Illinois
yearCompleted 1895

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Daniel Burnham architectOf Reliance Building
Burnham designedBuilding Reliance Building
subject surface form: Daniel Burnham
Chicago School architecture hasNotableWork Reliance Building
Burnham and Root notableWork Reliance Building
this entity surface form: Reliance Building (early phases)