Friday, December 28, 2012

Final Analytiques - Spring 2012


Modern Wing of The Art Institute of Chicago
Architect : Renzo Piano Building Workshop, 2009
John Philip Mouton, LSU 2012


The Rookery
Architect : Burnham and Root, 1886
Lobby Renovation by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1905
Tia Willis, LSU 2012


McCormick Tribune Campus Center
Architect : Rem Koolhaas / OMA, 2003
Mike Trahan, LSU 2012


Marina City Towers
Architect : Bertrand Goldberg, 1964
Cody Blanchard, LSU 2012


860 - 880 Lakeshore Drive
Architect : Mies van der Rohe, 1949
Kevin Plath, LSU 2012

Thursday, May 24, 2012

The University of Chicago School of Business + Rockefeller Chapel

The Chicago Graduate School of Business (GSB) - Booth School of Business Building by Raphael Vinoly, 2004



























Took inspiration from the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on campus, built in the 1920s and having the second largest Carillon (operable bell tower) and thus the second largest and heaviest musical instrument in the world.  Dedicated to John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s mother.




Frederick C. Robie House, 1908-10

Touring one of the forerunners to modern architecture ... Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece



Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Nature Boardwalk at the Lincoln Park Zoo

Small pavilion and boardwalk at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo by Studio Gang Architects, prefabricated glu-lam beams and steel plate connectors with cast resin shell.