24 Mar

latest chicago-centric architectural books, photogrpahy and other ephemera added to bldg. 51 archive in early spring of 2024

the following american architectural ephermera joined the ever-expanding, chicago-based bldg....

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18 Mar

richard nickel’s “polish palazzo” and nearby angles he admired from window and doorstep

richard nickel's "polish palazzo" located at 1810 cortland street. the...

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15 Mar

louis h. sullivan-designed 1892 ellis wainwright bedford limestone tomb in bellefontaine cemetery, st. louis, mo.

2024 photographic survey of adler & sullivan’s wainwright tomb, located...

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14 Mar

revisiting harvey ellis’s richardsonian romanesque style deteriorating compton hill standpipe water tower in 2024

2024 photographic survey of the romanesque style compton hill standpipe...

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09 Mar

a forgotten trailbazer built during the depression: a closer look at holabird and root’s streamlined style art deco 1931 a. o. smith research tower

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07 Mar

previously unknown historically important chicago-based beardslee lighting company collection joins the bldg. 51 archive

late last week the bldg. 51 archive secured what likely...

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04 Mar

central’s restoration work on adler and sullivan’s pilgrim baptist church (formerly kehilath anshe ma’ariv synagogue) well underway

the following images were taken in the winter of 2023-24...

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04 Mar

rust in peace: rookery building’s adams street entrance cast iron staircase designed by john wellborn root future unknown

images of john wellborn root-designed combination bower-barff and copper-plated cast...

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28 Feb

deconstruction of otto strack’s 1893 buff-colored terra cotta frederick pabst columbian exposition pavilion underway

the exterior buff-colored ornamental terra cotta 1893 world's fair pabst...

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25 Feb

louis h. sullivan’s purdue state bank and its richly colored iridescent green glaze terra cotta

iridescent green glaze. february, 2024. the following images were taken earlier...

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23 Feb

bldg. 51 museum acquires exceptionally rare 1930 american stoveboard catalog with louis h. sullivan-designed board

original 1930 american stoveboard company catalog (i've been searching for...

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20 Feb

the athens on the prairie: photographing columbus, indiana

images taken during a 2-3 hour window while traveling through...

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19 Feb

revisting 19th and early 20th century racine, wisconsin architecture in 2024

architectural images taken during a brief visit to racine, wisc....

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16 Feb

part one: documenting richard haas’s 1980 “homage to the chicago school” mural executed by jeff greene and evergreen outdoor advertising

detailed images of american muralist richard haas's "homage to the...

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16 Feb

exterior and interior photographic survey of pond and pond’s purdue memorial union (1924)

a partial selection of eric j. nordstrom photographic images of...

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12 Feb

latest photographic images from 2024 chicago architectural ornament survey

late 2023-early 2024 photographic images from bldg. 51 archive's chicago...

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04 Feb

digitization of newly acquired massive kodachrome collection – spanning decades – devoted to chicago architecture in progress

digitization of a massive mixed bag of chicago architecture images...

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01 Feb

bruce price’s eternal monument or “doric tomb” to skyscraper builder george a. fuller

  George A. Fuller (October 21, 1851 – December 14, 1900) was...

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28 Jan

photographic images from architectural ornament survey across american cities in winter of 2023-2024

latest 2023-2024 photographic images from bldg. 51 archive's architectural ornament...

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26 Jan

bell building and other historically important chicago building brochures join bldg. 51 archive

original 1924 saddle-stitched bell building booklet distributed to prospective building...

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