Though it only had the distinction of being the world’s tallest building for 11 months, the Chrysler Building in midtown Manhattan has remained one of the most recognizable skyscrapers in the world — ...
The Astrodome, Lloyd, Morgan and Jones and Wilson, Morris, Crain and Anderson architects, Houston, 1965. Photo by Ben Koush from the "Home Heat Money God" (UT Press, 2024). Ben Koush / UT Press “I am ...
Charles Beersman was thirty-one when he began designing the Wrigley Building, young even in those days for such a major commission. Why he was given this break is unknown. From the very beginning, ...
An in-depth look at America’s historic skyscraper and Chicago’s most iconic building. This is the captivating story of the spectacular architecture of the century-old Wrigley Building—its design, ...