ID: 700008657 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008657	Record Type: Built Work
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Chicago Tribune Tower (office building; Howells & Hood (American architectural firm, active 1922-192...; 1923-1925; Chicago (Cook, Illinois, United States, North and Central Am...)

Note: In 1922, the Chicago Tribune Tower was the at the center of an international design competion that saw over 260 entries, and revealed a unique turning point in American architectural history with historicism competing with the emerging Modernist movement. The winning design by Hood and Howel is in the Gothic Revival style.

Titles:

Chicago Tribune Tower (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

office building [300007043] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1923-1925

Creator Display:

Howells & Hood (American architectural firm, active 1922-1925) [preferred,VP]

architectural firm Howells & Hood (American architectural firm, active 1922-1925) Extent: execution [500228723]

Locations:

Current: Chicago [7013596] Cook county (county), Illinois (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 435 North Michigan Avenue

Display Materials: steel, masonry

	steel (alloy) [300133751]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy)

	masonry (building materials) [300015332]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials, <masonry and masonry units>)

Dimensions: 141 meters (height), 36 stories

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Gothic Revival [300021452] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, modern European revival styles)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	office building [300007043]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

Sources and Contributors:
Chicago Tribune Tower	........ [VP]
	........ Janberg, Stucturae [online] (1998-) "Chicago Tribune Tower," accessed 22 May 2015

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Janberg, Stucturae [online] (1998-) "Chicago Tribune Tower," accessed 22 May 2015

....................... ArchINFORM online (1999-) "Chicago Tribune Tower," accessed 22 May 2015

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... ArchINFORM online (1999-) "Chicago Tribune Tower," accessed 28 May 2015