Inland Steel Building
Inland Steel Building | |
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General information | |
Location | 30 W. Monroe Street[1] Chicago, Illinois |
Coordinates | 41°52′52″N 87°37′45″W / 41.8810°N 87.6291°W |
Construction started | 1956 |
Completed | 1957[1] |
Height | |
Roof | 332 feet (101.2 m)[2] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill[1] |
Structural engineer | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
References | |
Inland Steel Building | |
Chicago, Illinois | |
Coordinates | 41°52′51″N 87°37′43″W / 41.88083°N 87.62861°W |
Area | 0.5 acres (0.2 ha) |
Built | 1958 |
Architect | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Graham, Bruce & Walter Netsch |
Architectural style | International Style |
NRHP reference No. | 09000024[3] |
Added to NRHP | February 18, 2009 |
The Inland Steel Building is a skyscraper located at 30 W. Monroe Street in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the city's defining commercial high-rises of the post–World War II era of modern architecture.[1][4] Its principal designers were Bruce Graham and Walter Netsch of the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architecture firm.[1] The building is managed and leased by MB Real Estate. The Inland Steel Building was designated a Chicago Landmark in 1998.[1]
Architecture
The use of brushed stainless steel cladding reflects the corporation that commissioned the building as its headquarters, the Inland Steel Company.[1]
The placement of all structural columns on the building's perimeter—and the consolidation of elevators and other service functions in a separate tower—allowed for a highly flexible interior floor layout with no interior columns.[1] This design is a good example of the widely held principle of the era, "form follows function" (Louis Sullivan). The lobby features a sculpture of gold, stainless steel and enameled copper by Richard Lippold entitled Radiant I.[5]
The Inland Steel Building was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 7, 1998.[1]
The building would later serve as the prototype for SOM’s much larger
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Inland Steel Building". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
- ^ "Inland Steel Building". Emporis Corporation. Archived from the original on December 9, 2006. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ISBN 0-226-74066-8.
- ISBN 9780195335798).