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Structure-ID: s0000244
Created on: 05/18/99
Modified on: 02/28/07


Chicago Tribune Tower

Completed in: 1925
Location: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Chicago Tribune Tower
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Function / usage:
Office building

Persons involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
  Raymond Matthewson Hood
  John Mead Houwells

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Architecture Hood & Howells

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inside frame  steel
façade  masonry
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  height 141 m

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External LinkarchINFORM: Chicago Tribune Tower English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkChicago Tribune Tower (Mary Ann Sullivan) English
External LinkRichman Galleries: Neo-Gothic Buildings English

Relevant Literature
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Loventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822452, 1996; pp. 30-31.
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers (2nd edition), Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York (USA) , ISBN 1579127878, 2008; pp. 32-33.
* Sabbah, Caterine   Le Chicago Tribune. Dernier des Mohicans, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 7 February 2003, n. 5176 .

 
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