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Chicago Tribune Tower

Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer, 1922

Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017
Einsendung zum Wettbewerb für ein Bürogebäude der Chicago Tribune, Entwurf: Walter Gropius und Adolf Meyer, 1922.

[Translate to English:] Text

Within the scope of an international competition hosted by the newspaper Chicago Tribune in 1922, which invited designs for new office buildings, Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer submitted their much admired yet unrealised design for an exceptionally modern glass and metal high-rise, which transcended all historic forms of architecture.

 

  1. Literature:
  2. Lootsma, Bart (2009): Eine undeutliche Ikone. Der Wettbewerbsentwurf für den Chicago Tribune Tower von Walter Gropius und Adolf Meyer, in: Modell Bauhaus, hg. v. Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau und Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Ausstellungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, S. 111-114.
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