adams & dearborn: 130 years of architecture history
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Pulled from one of my Chicago Architecture Foundation tours (I'm a docent) and adapted for Project #8 in Toastmasters' Competent Communicator manual. This speech, by the way, was the last one... moving onto next TM level.TRANSCRIPT
1 3 0 Y E A R S O F A R C H I T E C T U R E H I S T O R Y
A DA M S & D E A R B O R N S T R E E T S I N T E R S E C T I O N
1872 1895 1959 -74 2003BERGHOFF MARQUETTE FEDERAL CENTER CITADEL
A N E V O L U T I O N O F S T Y L E , D E S I G N A N D
E C O N O M I E S O F S C A L E .
➻ TWO BUILDINGS (1871 & 1872)➻ POST-FIRE CONSTRUCTION
➻ UTILITARIAN—LACKED AMENITIES
➻ COMMERCIAL STYLE (fka “CHICAGO SCHOOL”)➻ TRIPARTITE FACADE
➻ INTERNAL METAL SKELETAL FRAME
MARQUETTE BUILDINGHOLABIRD & ROCHE (1895)
➻ MARQUETTE & JOLIET HISTORY➻ HERMAN MCNEIL PANELS ABOVE ENTRANCE
MARQUETTE BUILDINGHOLABIRD & ROCHE (1895)
➻ LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY MOSAICS➻ HERMAN MCNEIL & EDWARD KEMMEYS SCULPTORS
MARQUETTE BUILDINGHOLABIRD & ROCHE (1895)
➻ MID-CENTURY MODERN➻ ”LESS IS MORE”
➻ “FLAMINGO” BY ALEXANDER CALDER
FEDERAL CENTERLUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
(1959-1974)
FEDERAL CENTERLUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
(1959-1974)
➻ VOLUME + SIMILARITY➻ VOID OF ORNAMENTATION
➻ EVERYTHING DERIVED FROM GRID
FEDERAL CENTERLUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
(1959-1974)
➻ “I” BEAM TO CAST SHADOWS➻ ICONIC BLACK COATED STEEL➻ BRONZE TINTED WINDOWS
➻ POST-MODERN (CONTEMPORARY)➻ “LESS IS A BORE!”
CITADEL CENTERDESTEFANO & BOFILL (2003)
➻ LUXURIOUS MATERIALS➻ RECOGNIZED FOR ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY
CITADEL CENTERDESTEFANO & BOFILL (2003)
“ARCHITEC TURE SHOULD SPEAK OF ITS TIME AND PLACE,
BUT YEARN FOR TIMELESSNESS.”FRANK GEHRY