| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Chicago, Illinois, United States | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1964 (design) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig | en_US |
| dc.creator | C. F. Murphy Associates | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-07T19:25:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-07T19:25:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-05-07 | |
| dc.identifier | 214294 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 173 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/121676 | |
| dc.description | General view of the plaza, from east. Alexander Calder's red Flamingo stabile on the left; The complex consists of a 1-story post office and two skyscrapers (the Dirksen Federal Building and the Kluczynski Federal Building) designed by Mies van der Rohe; another skyscraper designed by his successor firm; and a detention center to the south by Harry Weese. Built around a large open plaza with Alexander Calder's red Flamingo stabile. The central block replaces the old Chicago Federal Building. Source: Emporis [website]; http://www.emporis.com/ (accessed 12/2/2007) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | steel; glass | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | contemporary (1960 to present) | en_US |
| dc.subject | City planning | en_US |
| dc.subject | International Style (modern European architecture style) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Modernist | en_US |
| dc.title | Chicago Federal Center | 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-MVR-FC-A4 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | legislative building | en_US |
| vra.worktype | office building | en_US |
| vra.worktype | skyscraper | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | C. F. Murphy Associates (American architectural firm, 1957-1981); Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (German architect, 1886-1969) | en_US |
