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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
LocalCollection
Archivision Base to Module 13
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Rookery Building
Work_PrefTitle
Rookery Building
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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General view of the light court, near the roof, just above lobby glazing, with projecting stairwell at left
Image_Title
General view of the light court, near the roof, just above lobby glazing, with projecting stairwell at left
Image View
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Creator:
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Burnham and Root (American architectural firm, 1873-1891); Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959)
Agent_Display
Burnham and Root (American architectural firm, 1873-1891); Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959)
Creator
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Location:
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site: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
site: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Location
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Location Note:
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209 S. LaSalle St.
Work_LocationNotes
209 S. LaSalle St.
Location Note
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Date:
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1885-1888 (creation); 1905-1907 (alteration)
Work_DateDisplay
1885-1888 (creation); 1905-1907 (alteration)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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American
Work_Culture
American
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Chicago School; Richardsonian Romanesque
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Chicago School; Richardsonian Romanesque
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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office building
Work_Worktype1
office building
Work Type 1
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Work Type 2:
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skyscraper
Work_Worktype2
skyscraper
Work Type 2
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Classification:
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architecture
Work_Classification
architecture
Classification
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Material:
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stone
Work_MaterialDisplay
stone
Material
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
Work_Technique
construction (assembling)
Technique
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Subjects:
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interior; light court
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
interior; light court
Subjects
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Description:
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By mixing modern building techniques such as metal framing, fireproofing, elevators and plate glass, together with traditional ones such as brick facades and elaborate ornamentation, Burnham and Root sought to create a bold architectural statement that would nonetheless survive as a commercially successful office building. Of particular note was a "floating" foundation - a reinforced concrete slab that provided the building's weight with a solid platform atop Chicago's notoriously swampy soil. The term for the type of foundation that Root designed is grillage foundation, a foundation where iron rails and the structural beams are combined in a crisscross pattern and encased in concrete to support the building's immense weight without heavy foundation stones. Wright received the commission, in 1905, to redesign the lobby in the building; at the time considered the grandest in Chicago. Wright's work on the Rookery recast the entryway in his Prairie style and added a sense of modernity through his simple but effe
Work_Description_Sou rce
By mixing modern building techniques such as metal framing, fireproofing, elevators and plate glass, together with traditional ones such as brick facades and elaborate ornamentation, Burnham and Root sought to create a bold architectural statement that would nonetheless survive as a commercially successful office building. Of particular note was a "floating" foundation - a reinforced concrete slab that provided the building's weight with a solid platform atop Chicago's notoriously swampy soil. The term for the type of foundation that Root designed is grillage foundation, a foundation where iron rails and the structural beams are combined in a crisscross pattern and encased in concrete to support the building's immense weight without heavy foundation stones. Wright received the commission, in 1905, to redesign the lobby in the building; at the time considered the grandest in Chicago. Wright's work on the Rookery recast the entryway in his Prairie style and added a sense of modernity through his simple but effe
Description
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
LocalCollection
Archivision Base Collection
Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-BR-RB-H2
Image_OriginalVendor ID
1A1-BR-RB-H2
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights
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