Chicago Tribune - Data, Photos & Plans - WikiArquitectura
WEBIf architecture can only be my grave monument or building will be both, Adolf Loos had to think when faced with the blank paper. The tower of the Chicago Tribune is exceptionally simple forms and placing a huge Doric column (monument) on a large base shaped parallelepiped rectum (tomb).
How Chicago’s Tribune Tower Competition Changed ... - ArchDaily
WEBOct 3, 2017 · A tongue-in-cheek proposal by Austrian architect Adolf Loos to turn the building into an enormous Doric column, playing on the “columns” that compose a newspaper, went on to inspire...
How the Chicago Tribune Tower Competition changed architecture forever ...
WEBOct 3, 2017 · A tongue-in-cheek proposal by Austrian architect Adolf Loos to turn the building into an enormous Doric column, playing on the “columns” that compose a newspaper, went on to inspire Postmodernist architects with its readymade look and its playful engagement with language.
Tribune Tower - Wikipedia
WEBThe Tribune Tower is a 463-foot-tall (141 m), 36-floor neo-Gothic skyscraper located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The early 1920s international design competition for the tower became a historic event in …
Tribune Tower | Chicago, Gothic Revival, & Neo-Gothic
WEBAustrian architect Adolf Loos, for example, proposed a giant Doric column, which may have been a pun on the columns printed in the newspaper. Italian architect Saverio Dioguardi proposed a large classical arch resembling the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
Tribune Tower - Chicago Architecture Center
WEBAustrian architect Adolf Loos proposed a giant Doric column, which may have been a pun on the columns printed in the newspaper. Italian architect Saverio Dioguardi proposed a large classical arch resembling the Arch De Triomphe in Paris.
[Tribune Tower competition entry. Rendering] - Library of …
WEBIllustration shows design rendering submitted by Adolf Loos to the competition for the new administration building of the Chicago Tribune, known as the Tribune Tower. The skyscraper is in the form of an immense Doric column.
[Tribune Tower competition entry. Rendering] - digital file from …
WEB1 print : halftone photomechanical ; sheet 30.4 x 18.2 cm. | Illustration shows design rendering submitted by Adolf Loos to the competition for the new administration building of the Chicago Tribune, known as the Tribune Tower. The skyscraper is in the form of an immense Doric column.
Raymond Hood: Chicago Tribune Tower - Brown University
WEBProminent designs from abroad came from the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen, from Bauhaus Director Walter Gropius with his chief designer Adolf Meyer, and from Austrian provocateur Adolf Loos, who suggested an architectural pun: a newspaper column.
Gallery of How Chicago’s Tribune Tower Competition ... - ArchDaily
WEBHow Chicago’s Tribune Tower Competition Changed Architecture Forever. A reconstruction of Loos’ proposal (center) accompanies new towers by an international group of young architects.
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