Architecture in Chicago: Sources and Further Reading
Sources
Barford, George and Stanley G. Wold, eds. Architecture in Illinois. Illinois Art Education Assocation, 1963. Internet Archive. http://archive.org/details/ArchitectureInIllinois.
Bruegmann, Robert. The Architects and the City Holabird & Roche of Chicago, 1880-1918. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997.
C. William Brubaker. “Oral History of C. William Brubaker.” Interview with Betty J. Blum. Chicago Architects Oral History Project, Ernest R. Graham Study Center for Architectural Drawings, 2000. https://artic.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/caohp/id/1060/rec/2.
Editors, History.com. “Home Insurance Building.” Last modified August 21, 2018. https://www.history.com/topics/landmarks/home-insurance-building.
Knobel, Lance. "Recent Work of the Chicago 7." The Architectural Review, vol. 167, no. 1000 (June 1, 1980): 362-364. https://www.proquest.com/trade-journals/recent-work-chicago/docview/1366922455/se-2?accountid=14553.
Old St. Patrick’s Church. “History.” https://www.oldstpats.org/history.html.
Emporis. “Pendry Chicago, Chicago.” https://www.emporis.com/buildings/116835/pendry-chicago-chicago-il-usa.
Sawislak, Karen. “Fire of 1871.” In Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: Chicago History Museum and the Newberry Library, 2005. http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1740.html.
Sinkevitch, Alice, Laurie McGovern Petersen, Perry Duis, Geoffrey Baer, American Institute of Architects Chicago Chapter, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, Commission on Chicago Landmarks, and University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus) Press. AIA Guide to Chicago. Third edition. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2014.
Willis Tower. “History & Facts - Willis Tower.” https://www.willistower.com/history-and-facts.
Zukowsky, John. The Sky’s the Limit: A Century of Chicago Skyscrapers. New York: Rizzoli, 1998. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/skyslimitcentury0000zuko.
Further Reading
Visit some of Chicago’s most noteworthy buildings during the Open House Chicago event every October.
Explore the Art Institute of Chicago’s oral history project, which focuses on Chicago architects (C. William Brubaker and Chicago Seven member Cynthia Weese are featured, among others).
Read the Illinois Art Education Association’s book, Architecture in Illinois (via InternetArchive).
Listen to a TED Talk by Jeanne Gang, the architect behind Chicago’s Aqua Tower (the world’s tallest building designed by a woman).