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The location was previously the site of the Sherman House Hotel operated by Ernie Byfield. [3] The hotel closed in 1973 and was demolished in 1980. The building opened in May 1985 as the State of Illinois Center. It was renamed in 1993 to honor former Illinois Republican Governor James R. Thompson (the former name remains in use interchangeably, a
The Aon Center (200 East Randolph Street, formerly Amoco Building) [3] is a modern supertall skyscraper located in the Northeast corner of the Chicago Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by architect firms Edward Durell Stone and The Perkins and Will partnership, and completed in 1973 [4] as the Standard Oil Building (nicknamed "Big Stan"). [5]
Definition. Free plan, in the architecture world, refers to the ability to have a floor plan with non-load bearing walls and floors by creating a structural system that holds the weight of the building by ways of an interior skeleton of load bearing columns. The building system carries only its columns, or skeleton, and each corresponding ceiling.
Sullivan Center. The Sullivan Center, formerly known as the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building or Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Store, [4] is a commercial building at 1 South State Street at the corner of East Madison Street in Chicago, Illinois. Louis Sullivan designed it for the retail firm Schlesinger & Mayer in 1899 and later ...
November 24, 1980. The Ward W. Willits House is a home designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Designed in 1901, the Willits house is considered one of the first of the great Prairie School houses. Built in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, the house presents a symmetrical facade to the street. One of the more interesting points ...
September 14, 1972 [ 1 ] Designated NHL. January 7, 1976 [ 2 ] The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio is a historic house and design studio in Oak Park, Illinois, which was designed and owned by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. First built in 1889 and added to over the years, the home and studio is furnished with original Wright-designed furniture ...
Northbrook Court is a shopping mall in Northbrook, Illinois with a collection of stores serving the North Shore suburbs of Chicago.Located on 130 acres (0.53 km 2) of land, the mall currently features the traditional retailer Neiman Marcus as well as a number of prominent specialty retailers such as Apple, Lululemon, and Louis Vuitton. [2]
The McCormick Tribune Campus Center (MTCC) is a building on the main campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. The McCormick Tribune Campus Center opened September 30, 2003. [1] A single-story 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m 2) building, it was the first building designed by ...