Tribune Tower
Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ N , 87 ° 37 ′ W
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| Basic data | |
| Place: | 435 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago , USA |
| Construction time : | 1923-1925 |
| Architectural style : | Neo-Gothic |
| Architect : | Raymond Hood and John Mead Howell |
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| Height : | 141 m |
| Floors : | 36 |
The Tribune Tower is a neo-Gothic skyscraper in Chicago from 1925 . It is located at 435 North Michigan Avenue and is right on the Chicago River and at the beginning of the Magnificent Mile . It is used today by the Chicago Tribune , the Tribune Company and CNN . (Not to be confused with the New York Tribune Building.)
history
In 1922 the Chicago Tribune newspaper announced a worldwide competition for its new corporate headquarters, which was to become nothing less than "the most beautiful and eye-catching building in the world". A total of $ 100,000 in prize money was awarded, of which the first prize was to receive $ 50,000.
Of the more than 260 submissions, including a design by Walter Gropius , the neo-Gothic design by Raymond Hood and John Mead Howell , the architects of the American Radiator Building in New York (now the Bryant Park Hotel) , ultimately won . They envisioned a neo-Gothic skyscraper with buttresses at the top, inspired by the first large neo-Gothic skyscraper, New York's Woolworth Building, built in 1913 , and Rouen Cathedral .
The design, which was considered the best in the competition by many experts, including Louis Sullivan , only achieved second place: the radically simplified, modern tower design by the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen . It became the model for the next generation of skyscrapers in the 1920s and 1930s.
Construction began in 1923 and the building was completed two years later.
architecture
The Tribune Tower has 36 floors and a height of 141 m.
A special feature is the base of the building, in which stones from various other well-known buildings are embedded, including the Great Wall of China , the Taj Mahal , Hagia Sophia , the Great Pyramid of Cheops , the Notre Dame de Paris church and the Berlin Wall and recently also from the World Trade Center in New York. These stones are all at street level and can be seen by passers-by, as they protrude a little from the outer wall and are also labeled. A moonstone is also exhibited inside the building, which could not be built into the outer wall as it is owned by NASA .
Individual evidence
- ^ The Tribune , New York Architecture
