Chicago Skyline & Beyond

Chicago Skyline Panorama
View an *interactive presentation of Mies' influence on Chicago's skyline -- his own buildings and those created by his colleagues, students and protegees.

Look north at the Wrigley Building, designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White in the early 1920s. This firm was the successor to the famous Burnham office and the predecessor to the Murphy/Jahn office that resides in the Jeweler's Building today. The firm’s chief designer, Charles Beersman, taught architecture at IIT in the 1920s. An east viewshows the Carbide & Carbon Building (1929) by the Burnham Brothers, another outgrowth of the original Burnham office, and 333 N. Michigan by Holabird & Root in 1928. John Holabird plays a key role, as he was chair of the search committee that recruited Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to Illinois Institute of Technology and Chicago.

North, east and south vistas bring to life Mies’ own practice and the influence that his ideas and work had on people directly associated with him as students and colleagues and on the world famous Chicago skyline.

Mies in Chicago Downloadable Tour Guide Use this first-ever guide to see Mies' buildings throughout the Chicago area, along with the apartment building he lived in and his gravesite. The guide includes directions to each building and tips on what to visit nearby, quotes from insiders, plus a description of each building and why it is important. The guide may be downloaded for use on a driving, walking or CTA tour. details...

Mies's Students and Colleagues
The following is a partial list of some of Mies van der Rohe’s most famous and influential students and colleagues. Although Mies produced myriad great works, the scope of his influence reaches far beyond his own creations, as the architects and works on this list attest.