chicago
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Chicago’s landmark The Rookery. Designed and completed by Burnham & Root in 1888, the lobby was remodeled by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905.
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Plans for Frank Lloyd Wright’s National Insurance Building, 1924, Chicago.
Meant to have been built on North Michigan Ave at Chicago Ave, the glass and copper facade proved to be too expensive for developers. This building is often cited as the greatest FLW structure that was never built.
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Millennium Park: The Lurie Garden | Chicago, IL | Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, Piet Oudolf
One of the crowning achievements of Millennium Park, award-winning Lurie Garden was designed by Seattle-based landscape architecture firm Gustafson Guthrie Nichol and the influential Dutch garden designer, Piet Oudolf.
This 3-acre oasis atop Millennium Park’s parking garage counts as one of the largest green roofs in the world and “pays homage to the City’s motto, “Urbs in Horto” (City in a Garden), which refers to Chicago’s transformation from its flat and marshy origins to a bold and powerful city.” Gustafson and Oudolf used native plantings and stonework as their medium to articulate Chicago’s historical landscapes.