860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments

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Chicago landmark International Style building apartment building modernist building residential skyscraper complex

860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments is a landmark pair of glass-and-steel high-rise residential towers in Chicago, celebrated as an early and influential example of International Style modernist architecture.

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860–880 Lake Shore Drive	1
860–880 N. Lake Shore Drive	1
Lake Shore Drive Apartments	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chicago landmark ⓘ International Style building ⓘ apartment building ⓘ modernist building ⓘ residential skyscraper complex ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments ⓘ surface form: 860–880 Lake Shore Drive 860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments ⓘ surface form: 860–880 N. Lake Shore Drive
architect	Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
architecturalStyle	International Style ⓘ Modernism ⓘ
buildingType	high-rise ⓘ
ChicagoLandmarkDesignationDate	1996 ⓘ
city	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
completionDate	1951 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1948 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developer	Herbert Greenwald ⓘ
floorCount	26 ⓘ
hasAddress	860 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago ⓘ 880 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago ⓘ
hasFeature	exposed I-beams on facade ⓘ glass curtain wall ⓘ pilotis at ground level ⓘ setback plaza between towers ⓘ steel frame ⓘ
height	82 meters ⓘ approximately 267 feet ⓘ
heritageStatus	Chicago Landmark ⓘ
influenced	One Charles Center ⓘ Seagram Building ⓘ numerous postwar glass curtain-wall towers ⓘ
locatedIn	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago Illinois ⓘ
locatedNear	Lake Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Lake Shore Drive ⓘ surface form: North Lake Shore Drive
materialUsed	glass ⓘ reinforced concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ
notableFor	canonical example of Miesian modernism ⓘ early use of glass-and-steel high-rise residential construction ⓘ influential International Style design ⓘ
numberOfBuildings	2 ⓘ
partOf	Near North Side ⓘ surface form: Near North Side, Chicago
use	residential ⓘ

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this entity surface form: 860–880 N. Lake Shore Drive

860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments → alsoKnownAs → 860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments ⓘ

this entity surface form: 860–880 Lake Shore Drive

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this entity surface form: Lake Shore Drive Apartments

Maria Ludwig Michael Mies → notableWork → 860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments ⓘ