See the variety of influences in styles, motifs, and structural features in Chicago's Rookery building completed by Burnham and Root in 1888, redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907

See the variety of influences in styles, motifs, and structural features in Chicago's Rookery building completed by Burnham and Root in 1888, redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907

Explore the variety of styles, motifs, and structural features that architects John Wellborn Root and Frank Lloyd Wright integrated into their design of Chicago's Rookery (completed by Root in 1888, redesigned by Wright in 1907).
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