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Chicago: Tribune Tower
Learn about the Chicago Tribune international architectural competition for the Tribune Tower, won by John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood
Examine Chicago's Tribune Tower and Robert R. McCormick's decision to embed in its walls fragments from notable buildings and sites
Discover the integration of traditional European styles with modern American architecture for building the Tribune Tower
river and buildings in downtown Chicago Eliel Saarinen: architecture rendering for the Tribune Tower competition
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Learn about the Chicago Tribune international architectural competition for the Tribune Tower, won by John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood
A discussion of the 1922 design competition for the Tribune Tower in Chicago, which...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Examine Chicago's Tribune Tower and Robert R. McCormick's decision to embed in its walls fragments from notable buildings and sites
Learn about newspaper publisher Robert R. McCormick's decision to embed fragments...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Discover the integration of traditional European styles with modern American architecture for building the Tribune Tower
How the architectural firm of Howells & Hood integrated modern American design elements...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Chicago: Tribune Tower
The Tribune Tower (1925), Chicago, an example of Gothic Revival architecture.
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river and buildings in downtown Chicago
The Wrigley Building (left) and the Tribune Tower (right center) rising above the...
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Eliel Saarinen: architecture rendering for the Tribune Tower competition
Architecture rendering for the Tribune Tower competition by Eliel Saarinen, 1922.
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