McCormick Place
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 | McCormick Place |
| Designer | C. F. Murphy Associates |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Date | 1968 to 1971 |
| Building Type | large convention center |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban, waterfront |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
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| Notes | large-scale space frame, 15 feet deep, spanning 150 feet with 75 feet cantilevers. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/McCormick_Place.html |
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This unusually elegant convention center building on the shore of Lake Michigan was strongly influenced by the designs of New National Gallery in Berlin.
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Johnson Architectural Images. Copyrighted slide in the Artifice Collection.
Walter F. Wagner Jr., ed. "McCormick Place on-the-Lake, Chicago, Illinois", Architectural Record. May 1971. Vol 149 Number 5. p102. drawing of plan, p103. drawing of wall detail, p105. drawing of exterior perspective, p103. drawing of site plan, p102.
Marcus Whiffen and Frederick Koeper. American Architecture, Volume 1. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. exterior photo, f290, p361.— An excellent survey of American architecture. Reprint Edition available at Amazon.com
Drawing courtesy of the architect.
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