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  • Archeworks - Alternative multi-disciplinary design school that includes admission information and student projects in alternative architecture and design.

  • Archiseek: Chicago - A pictorial guide with accompanying notes to some of the architectural highlights of the city.

  • Architech - A commercial gallery of architectural art in the city, which specializes in original drawings by architects and industrial designers, historic and modern.

  • Chicago Architecture Foundation - Listing of architecture tours, exhibits, lectures and education offered, plus membership and volunteer information.

  • Chicago Harbor Light - Includes details on this historic lighthouse built in 1832.

  • Chicago Imagebase - Materials for the study the architectural history of the city from the University of Illinois: historical maps and views, recent images including aerial photographs, style guide. Searchable.

  • Chicago Landmarks - The City of Chicago presents photographs and histories of landmark buildings, accessed via clickable maps or an alphabetical list, biographies of their architects and a guide to styles.

  • Chicago: National Register Travel Itinerary - An on-line tour of historic buildings via clickable map or list from the National Parks Service. Photographs and potted histories with notes on whether the building is open to the public.

  • From Louis Sullivan to SOM: Boston Grads Go to Chicago - MIT Museum presents late 19th- and early 20th-century Chicago architecture, focusing on the migration of architects educated in Boston.

  • Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts - Seeks to nurture and enrich an informed and creative public dialogue concerning architecture and the built environment. Offers information on lecture and exhibition programs at the Madlener House.

  • Panoramic Views of Chicago 1985-90 - Images by Thomas Yanul primarily of the city's downtown business section.

  • Public Building Commission of Chicago - Provides professional management of the city's public construction projects. Includes history, project overviews, board actions, financial and annual reports, press releases, and resources regarding working with the PBC.

  • Skyscrapers.com - Chicago - Includes photos, statistics and background information on skyscrapers at least 12 stories high.

  • A View on Cities - Images and information about some of the more well-known buildings in Chicago.

  • YeloDog.com - Guided photographic tour of the architecture of downtown, Bridgeport, and University of Chicago areas.

 

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