Loop Gothic Architecture

The Fisher Building is distinguished by its exterior, which is clad in warm, orange-toned terra-cotta decorated with intricate carvings of fish, crabs, and mythical sea creatures. Designed by Charles Atwood of D. H. Burnham and Company and…

The Chicago Temple Building is a five-hundred-sixty-eight-foot skyscraper that rises above the Loop, recognizable by the ornate, Neo-Gothic stone spire that sits atop its steel-framed office tower. Completed in nineteen twenty-four, it…

The Pittsfield Building stands out for its stepped, throne-like silhouette and intricate terra cotta detailing that blends Gothic Revival motifs with Art Deco geometry. Completed in nineteen twenty-seven, this thirty-eight-story tower was…

The University Club of Chicago is distinguished by its Gothic Revival exterior, specifically the limestone owl perched atop the front gable on Monroe Street. Completed in nineteen oh nine and designed by the firm Holabird and Roche, the…

Willoughby Tower stands at eight South Michigan Avenue, recognizable by its Gothic style and limestone exterior. Completed in nineteen twenty-nine, the thirty-eight-story structure rises on the site where the Sisters of Mercy established…

Mather Tower rises at seventy-five East Wacker Drive as an exceptionally slender, Neo-Gothic terra cotta silhouette. Often called the Inverted Spyglass, the building features a rectangular twenty-four-story base topped by a narrow,…

The Tribune Tower is identified by its soaring, neo-Gothic limestone facade and a crown that mimics the butter tower of the Rouen Cathedral in France. Completed in nineteen twenty-five, the structure was the winner of an international…