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Chicago School (architecture)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Chicago_School_(architecture)
GPTKB entity
Statements (37)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
architectural style
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
Commercial Style
gptkbp:characteristic
emphasis on verticality
grid-like facades
use of terra cotta
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Chicago School (architecture)
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:Modern_architecture
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
gptkbp:notableBuilding
gptkb:Monadnock_Building
gptkb:Reliance_Building
gptkb:Auditorium_Building
gptkb:Home_Insurance_Building
gptkbp:notableDesigner
gptkb:Daniel_Burnham
gptkb:John_Wellborn_Root
gptkb:Louis_Sullivan
gptkb:William_Le_Baron_Jenney
gptkb:Dankmar_Adler
gptkbp:notableFor
minimal ornamentation
functional design
large plate-glass window areas
steel-frame construction
development of skyscrapers
gptkbp:originatedIn
gptkb:Chicago
gptkbp:period
early 20th century
late 19th century
gptkbp:precededBy
Victorian architecture
gptkbp:region
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Prairie_School
Beaux-Arts architecture
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:International_Style
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Daniel_Burnham
gptkb:John_Wellborn_Root
gptkb:William_Holabird
gptkb:John_W._Root
gptkb:Burnham_and_Root
gptkb:Daniel_H._Burnham
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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