Architecture and Design
Art Institute of Chicago · 275 artworks
The collection documents the history of architecture and design from the late 19th century to the present. It includes architectural drawings, models, and designed objects by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and other influential architects and designers.
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Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room: Reconstruction at the Art Institute of Chicago
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
1893/94 (original built) 1972 (original demolished) 1976/77 (reconstructed)
Plate 49 from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago. View of the City from Jackson Park to Grant Park, Looking Towards the West. The proposed shore treatment as a park enclosing a waterway (or a series of lagoons) is shown, together with the enlarged yacht harbor, recreation piers, and a scheme for Grant Park.
Daniel Hudson Burnham
1907
Staircase panel from the Benjamin Lindauer House, Chicago, Illinois
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
1885
Door panel from the Henry Stern House, Chicago, Illinois
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
1885
Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room: Stencil
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
1893/94
Fisher Building, 343 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois: Upper Portion of Elevator Grille
Charles B. Atwood
1895/96
Charles R. Larrabee House, Chicago, Illinois, Front Elevation
Edward Burling
c. 1863/64
Charles R. Larrabee House, Chicago, Illinois, Second Floor Plan
Edward Burling
c. 1863/64
Charles R. Larrabee House, Chicago, Illinois, Side Elevation
Edward Burling
c. 1863/64
Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Vestibule Arch
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
c. 1887
Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Balcony
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
c. 1887
Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details with Electric Lights
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
c. 1887
Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Arch Details
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
c. 1887
Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Retiring Rooms
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
c. 1887
Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Gallery
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
c. 1887
Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Balcony
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
c. 1887
Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Ornamental Plaster Work, Pilaster Details
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
c. 1887
Lenox Building, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective
Carter, Drake and Wight
1872
T.B. Blackstone Memorial Library, Chicago, Illinois, Main Floor Plan
Solon Spencer Beman
1901
Williamsburg Savings Bank, Brooklyn, New York, Dome Decoration
Peter Bonnett Wight
1873
Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois, Section
D.H. Burnham & Co.
1904
Proposed Fine Arts Museum, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation Sketches
John Wellborn Root
c. 1890/91
Brunswick Balke Collender Company Factory Building, Chicago, Illinois, Foundation Plan and Basement Plan
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
1891 Destroyed by fire on April 15, 1989
Ravinia Music Pavilion
Peter Joseph Weber
1905
Ravinia Refectory
Peter Joseph Weber
1904
William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Construction Details
Richard Morris Hunt
1885/86
William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, East Elevation
Richard Morris Hunt
1886
William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, East Elevation
Richard Morris Hunt
1885
William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, First Floor Plan
Richard Morris Hunt
1886
William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, West Elevation
Richard Morris Hunt
1885
William Borden Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Dormer Details
Richard Morris Hunt
1885/86
Oakland Avenue Railroad Station, Chicago, Illinois, East Elevation
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
1886
Oakland Avenue Railroad Station, Chicago, Illinois, First Floor Plan
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
1886
Illinois Central Railroad, Oakland Avenue Passenger Station, Chicago, Illinois, South Elevation
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
1886
Victoria Hotel, Chicago Heights, Illinois, Second Floor Plan
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
1892
Victoria Hotel, Chicago Heights, Illinois, West Elevation
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
1892
Victoria Hotel, Chicago Heights, Illinois, Front Elevation
Adler & Sullivan, Architects
1892
Isaiah Temple, Chicago, Illinois, Alternate West Elevation
Dankmar Adler
1898/99
Isaiah Temple, Chicago, Illinois, West Elevation
Dankmar Adler
1898/99
David Lewinsohn House, Chicago, Illinois, North and South Elevations
Fritz Frederick L. Foltz
1898
David Lewinsohn House, Chicago, Illinois, First Floor Plan
Fritz Frederick L. Foltz
1898
James S. Norton House, Chicago, Illinois, Side Elevation
Treat & Foltz
1884
Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Ground Floor Plan
Peter Joseph Weber
c. 1887
Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Basement Plan
Peter Joseph Weber
c. 1887
Ontario Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois, Isometric
Treat & Foltz
c. 1880/81
William Bunge House, Chicago, Illinois, Hall and Main Stairway Details
Treat & Foltz
1889/90
William Bunge House, Chicago, Illinois, Front Elevation
Treat & Foltz
1889/90
Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Two Sections
Peter Joseph Weber
c. 1887