| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Chicago, Illinois, United States | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1885-1888 (creation); 1905-1907 (alteration) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Burnham and Root | en_US |
| dc.creator | Wright, Frank Lloyd | en_US |
| dc.date | 1885-1888 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-29T15:16:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-29T15:16:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1885-1888 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 212195 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 58 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119659 | |
| dc.description | Frontal view of the southwest corner, south façade; 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 effective lighting design. Among Wright's most significant alterations was the addition of white marble with Persian-style ornamentation. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 11/19/2007) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | stone | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | decorative arts | en_US |
| dc.subject | Richardsonian Romanesque | en_US |
| dc.subject | Chicago School | en_US |
| dc.title | Rookery Building | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-BR-RB-E1 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | office building | en_US |
| vra.worktype | skyscraper | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Burnham and Root (American architectural firm, 1873-1891); Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959) | en_US |
