1 3 0 Y E A R S O F A R C H I T E C T U R E H I S T O R Y

A DA M S & D E A R B O R N S T R E E T S I N T E R S E C T I O N

1872 1895 1959 -74 2003BERGHOFF MARQUETTE FEDERAL CENTER CITADEL

A N E V O L U T I O N O F S T Y L E , D E S I G N A N D

E C O N O M I E S O F S C A L E .

➻ TWO BUILDINGS (1871 & 1872)➻ POST-FIRE CONSTRUCTION

➻ UTILITARIAN—LACKED AMENITIES

➻ COMMERCIAL STYLE (fka “CHICAGO SCHOOL”)➻ TRIPARTITE FACADE

➻ INTERNAL METAL SKELETAL FRAME

MARQUETTE BUILDINGHOLABIRD & ROCHE (1895)

➻ MARQUETTE & JOLIET HISTORY➻ HERMAN MCNEIL PANELS ABOVE ENTRANCE

MARQUETTE BUILDINGHOLABIRD & ROCHE (1895)

➻ LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY MOSAICS➻ HERMAN MCNEIL & EDWARD KEMMEYS SCULPTORS

MARQUETTE BUILDINGHOLABIRD & ROCHE (1895)

➻ MID-CENTURY MODERN➻ ”LESS IS MORE”

➻ “FLAMINGO” BY ALEXANDER CALDER

FEDERAL CENTERLUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

(1959-1974)

FEDERAL CENTERLUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

(1959-1974)

➻ VOLUME + SIMILARITY➻ VOID OF ORNAMENTATION

➻ EVERYTHING DERIVED FROM GRID

FEDERAL CENTERLUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

(1959-1974)

➻ “I” BEAM TO CAST SHADOWS➻ ICONIC BLACK COATED STEEL➻ BRONZE TINTED WINDOWS

➻ POST-MODERN (CONTEMPORARY)➻ “LESS IS A BORE!”

CITADEL CENTERDESTEFANO & BOFILL (2003)

➻ LUXURIOUS MATERIALS➻ RECOGNIZED FOR ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY

CITADEL CENTERDESTEFANO & BOFILL (2003)

“ARCHITEC TURE SHOULD SPEAK OF ITS TIME AND PLACE,

BUT YEARN FOR TIMELESSNESS.”FRANK GEHRY