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Chicago School architecture
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Chicago_School_architecture
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
architectural style
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
Commercial Style
gptkbp:category
Architectural history
Skyscraper architecture
gptkbp:characteristic
gptkb:three-part_window_design_(Chicago_window)
terra cotta cladding
gptkbp:developedBy
early 20th century
late 19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Chicago School architecture
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:International_Style
modern skyscraper design
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:Great_Chicago_Fire_of_1871
technological advances in steel production
gptkbp:notableBuilding
gptkb:Monadnock_Building
gptkb:Reliance_Building
gptkb:Auditorium_Building
gptkb:Home_Insurance_Building
gptkb:Rookery_Building
gptkbp:notableDesigner
gptkb:Daniel_Burnham
gptkb:John_Wellborn_Root
gptkb:Louis_Sullivan
gptkb:William_Le_Baron_Jenney
gptkb:Holabird_&_Roche
gptkb:Dankmar_Adler
gptkbp:notableFor
emphasis on verticality
large plate-glass window areas
minimal exterior ornamentation
steel-frame construction
gptkbp:originatedIn
gptkb:Chicago
gptkbp:precededBy
Victorian architecture
gptkbp:region
gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Art_Deco
gptkb:International_Style
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Richardsonian_Romanesque
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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