The London Guarantee Building, also known as 360 North Michigan Avenue, and is one of the four 1920s flanks of the Michigan Avenue Bridge (along with the Wrigley Building,
William Wrigley, Jr., the successful chewing gum manufacturer, in search of an impressive main office for his company,
The Tribune Company’s 1922 competition to design the “world’s most beautiful office building” as its headquarters captured the interest of an international audience of architects,
Formerly known as Jewellers Building, Pure Oil Building and the North American Life Building,
Was originally built in 1929 as the Medinah Athletic Club, a luxury men’s club for members of the Shrine organization.
Built for one of the world’s leading soap manufacturers, this office building (“a monument to cleanliness”) was the first commercial skyscraper built far from the Loop –
When opened in 1930, the Merchandise Mart or the Mart, was the largest building in the world with 4,000,000 square feet (372,000 m2) of floor space.
In 1938, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe began his 20-year tenure as director of IIT’s School of Architecture (1938-1959). The university was on the verge of building a brand new campus,
Originally used as the Chemistry Building, Wishnick Hall is currently undergoing redevelopment as an advanced IT centre.
