chicago school architecture- the marquette building

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marquette building

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marquette building lobby

 The Marquette building ( finished 1895) by Holabird and Roche is a great example of the  Chicago School of architecture. Here, architects were creating a unique style of American architecture, revealing  in the buildings exterior, the new engineering technique of supporting a buildings total weight by an interior steel skeleton.  Lobby photo by Chicago Red Cap Tour guest E. Renner.

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