Celebrate Construction

Southern exposure living room facing Fox River. Design by Mies van der Rohe, 1951. (at Farnsworth House)

Profound clear span architecture. (at Farnsworth House)

"It is the clearest structure we have done, the best to express our philosophy." - Mies on his Crown Hall building for IIT in 1956. #celebrateconstruction #OHC2016 (at S. R. Crown Hall)

The interior of S.R. Crown Hall's main floor with 18' floor to ceiling height and the only photo I took of the incredible clear span structure that Mies accomplished - essentially one giant room 120' by 220'. (at S. R. Crown Hall)

During #OHC2016, I finally visited the Illinois Institute of Technology campus - mostly to visit S.R. Crown Hall, which houses the architecture school and was built in 1956 by Mies van der Rohe. (at S. R. Crown Hall)

Built as a luxury apartment building in 1893 for the Columbian Exposition, the Yale Building is now an historic Chicago Landmark in the Englewood neighborhood. (at Yale Building)

Balance (at Chicago, Illinois)

Facade details at University of Chicago by @studiogang (at The University of Chicago)

"Less is more" | 1951-52 McCormick House by Mies van der Rohe, 1 of only 3 homes he built in U.S. (at Elmhurst Art Museum)

#SOM80 - Fazlur Khan and Bruce Graham designed this bundled tube structure to look bold from just about any vantage point in Chicago, whether you're approaching from the Skyway, out on Lake Michigan, or at the base looking up. The former Sears Tower was the tallest in the world for 25 years (1973-1998). (at Chicago, Illinois)

#SOM80 - The Big 3 in Chicago The tallest 3 skyscrapers in the city have all been from the drawing boards of @skidmoreowingsmerrill (at Chicago, Illinois)

#SOM80 - Celebrating 80 years of excellence in design, architecture, and engineering of urban fabrics and massive structures. (at One World Trade Center)

#SOM80 Nine story glass curtain wall by Bruce Graham of @skidmoreowingsmerrill in Madison's Capitol Square [taken last fall] (at US Bank)

The Centennial Wheel at Navy Pier (at Chicago, Illinois)

#SOM80 - Visionary classic. Iconic cylindrical design from architect Gordon Bunshaft of @skidmoreowingsmerrill opened in 1974 with its minimal footprint on the National Mall is a premiere American architectural landmark. (at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden)

#SOM80 - 57 stories skyward of the office building at 70 West Madison clad in granite and Chicago School windows designed by @skidmoreowingsmerrill in 1981. (at Chicago, Illinois)

#SOM80 - The massive glass and steel observation tower of the Virginia Beach Convention Center designed by @skidmoreowingsmerrill (at Virginia Beach Convention Center)