skyscrapers final exam

the tomb < > wainwright building

the tomb of eliza carrey. louis sullivan designed it the same year as the wainwright building. both are cubicle

18th century demolishment

st Louis demolished most of their buildings from the 18th and 19th century

peabody plaza

building in the gateway mall that blocks the wainwright building

wainwright building plan

U shape, double loaded corridor

wainwright building program

shops at the bottom, office, and a seperate bathroom for black people labeled “shoe shine boys“

who sourced the terra coptta designs for the facade of the wainwright building

Kristian schneider

what kinda molding

bead molding. they did it in greece

piers

made of brick, and have circle corners

wainwright ornamentaion

the spandrels are pushed back and the pier tops look like hopps because mr wainwright was a beer brewer

why do the cornices have ornament

because louis sullivan omits no exception or whatever

verticals situation?

accentuated to make the building look taller

the plaque

contributes all the work to louis sullivan, doesnt mention dankmar, says he designs “spacious interiors“ (he doesnt), it says the building has load bearing masonry, a steel frame, the buildings of this time used a lot of concrete, and it says the wainwright building is the “pioneer of everything modern“

what did schiller do

he wrote ode to joy, but not the beethoven one, its like a poem or something

what district of chicago is this building in

the theater district

setback law

ew law that there had to be setbacks in chicago, but they did not impose an absolute height limit, but they made it so that you could only build on 25 % of your lot

whats in the middle

a masonry theater for german plays

this thing about the schiller building gives me the creeps

small lecture hall/ club room for the schiller society

whats the italian word for porch

loggia. loggia is visible on the second floor in the elevation

schiller foundations

wooden piles that are driven into the ground with pile drivers

where would you see a lot of wooden piles and why

venice italy because the water table is high, you cant really dig down far (I think)

the stock exchange building incident

richard nickel KILLED HIMSELF running it their to salvage rubble when the building was being demolished

caisons

they couldnt do wooden piles next to the neighboring building because if the pile drivers caused shaking that broke the neighbors printing presses, they could be sued

what did they do to this building man

They destroyed this freakin building man. The public say nooo dont do that, but they dont freakin care man they tear it down man

where did all of nickels photos go to

Richard nickel was especially fond of the work of adler and sullivan, and when he died he gave all his photos to chicago school of architecture

why was destroying the stock exchange gay?

the chicago city hall already rented out a bunch of its rooms for extra office space, so it wouldve made sense to buy it. also it was demolished surprisingly recently (1970s) but was never given landmark status, the building that replaced it that is super ugly (kendall) is getting landmark status. (thanks mayor richard daley)

what piece of the stock exchange has been preserved

the arch which is at some art museum in chicago, also a piece of the cornice which is in the yard of some prep school

why is rabens so mad about the arch

After a wing of the museum got changed, a native garden got planted around it and it covers up  the arch a little

what is garunteed

Guaranty building is just the wainwright building but a copy

holabird life story

Holabird born in upstate ny but he grew up in minnesota, his father was high ranking official in US army… a “quarter master general”,  in order to get into his fancy military school you gotta know someone, holabird knew his dad so he went to west point for a couple years. After he dropped he got a job with william lebaron jenney in chicago

Martin Roche life story

Martin roche was born in chicago, he finished high school and went to william lebaron jenney.

what is a little sus about holabird and roche

neither architects got formal architectural training

nepitism

Holabird and roche got a commission to build a huge fort for the army. Rabens suspects nepitism. holabirds father was the quarter master general

whats a little sus a little weird a little strange about this fort that holabird and roche designed

Fort sheridan is in the midst of some really wealthy neighborhoods in chicago. whats it guarding?

what did Toyota tacoma building “accomplish”

people in chicago think its the first skeleton frame building

why does it get to be considered skeleton frame when some of its walls are load bearing masonry

The walls that count as skeleton frame are the ones that face the street. The parti walls are usually always just brick

is there any evidence that this was among the first skeleton frame buildings?

yes Fransisco mujica wrote the history of the skyscraper and he wrote that the home insurance building is the first skyscraper and the toyota tacoma building is the second

mayhaps what was a little structurally suspicious about this buildings structure

In 1929 when they demolished this building they found it was leaning. Mayhaps because it didn't have wind bracing

why is this building such a milestone for skyscrapers

this is the first building to be completely constructed by general contractors, the same ones that built the flat iron building in fact.

why were the citizens of chicago scared

they started building the curtain walls at three seperate heights all at the same time, and the natives didnt understand how the brick wall was flying

louis jolliet and jacques marquett

french explorers that traveled together through sue saint marie. they were goin up north and the natives said there were hostile europeans up their (spaniards) so the turned around and started chicago

how did the Marquette Building get its name

Owen aldis loves the story of sue saint marie, i think he might be the investor. anyway something about how this piece of property is related to the story

what happened to the marquette building

Marquette building was bought by the mcarthur foundation

why are cornices FREAKING ILLEGAL

People were scared of stuff falling off of building roofs and hitting them, so the chicago government outlawed projecting cornices

whats wrong with the marquette building

even number of openings. also father marquette is on the frieze

which tower had a twin

there are two buildings caled the jewler building, the second one had a dome