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Originally Posted by lio45
Some of these early Chicago skyscrapers are extraordinarily modern for their time. It's really impressive!  |
Well, it’s quite likely that some modernist architects found their inspiration from the group.
For example, the Monadnock building was just about Mies Van Der Rohe’s favorite building. He used to sketch it all the time when he first came to Chicago.
The Monadnock building is one of the last of the load bearing brick skyscrapers, and one of the first of the structural steel skyscrapers. The economic transition happens right in the middle of the construction of the two halves.
