Hear about Chicago's rooftop sites, including the iconic observation deck at the Auditorium Building designed by Louis Sullivan
A discussion of Chicago's rooftop sites, including the observation deck at the Auditorium Building; the building was designed by Louis Sullivan.
© Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
-
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.American artist James McNeill Whistler painted Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, also known as The Artists Mother, in 1871.
-
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The Laughing Cavalier was painted in 1624 by Dutch artist Frans Hals.
-
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.With a name like Madonna with the Long Neck, it's no surprise that this painting isn't a typical depiction of the Virgin Mary.
-
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Designer of Aqua Tower, the St. Regis Chicago, and the Lincoln Park Nature Boardwalk, Jeanne Gang is one of the best-known contemporary architects in the world.
-
Checkerboard Film Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Architect Philip Johnson discussing his Glass House (1949), from the documentary Philip Johnson: Diary of an Eccentric Architect (1996).
-
Written and photographed by Victoria S. Lautman; Produced and edited by Matthew Cunningham (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Stepwells are spectacular subterranean edifices “like skyscrapers sunk into the earth,” explains Victoria Lautman in the video Subterranean Ghosts: India's Disappearing Stepwells (2013), produced and edited by Matthew Cunningham.
-
© Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn about Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, where numerous important architects are buried, including Louis Sullivan, Daniel Burnham, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
