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Reliance Building - Hotel Burnham
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  North America |
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  United States |
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  Illinois |
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  Cook |
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  Chicago |
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  (32) Loop |
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  32 North State Street, One West Washington Street
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Telephone |
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Website |
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Buildings for offices and professional practises
Offices
Commercial buildings
Shops
Buildings for travel and tourism
Hotels
Vertical architectures
Skyscrapers
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CHRONOLOGY |
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1890
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1895 |
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AWARDS |
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1979 |
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State of Illinois Landmark |
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1976 |
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National Historic Landmark |
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1975 |
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National Register of Historic Places |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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Martha Pollak, "La patina non si addice al curtain wall", Il giornale dell'architettura 15, febbraio 2004, p. 18 |
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Wayne Craven, American Art. History and Culture, McGraw-Hill, 2003, p. 309 |
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Alan Colquhoun, Modern Architecture, Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 38-39 |
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G.E. Kidder-Smith, Sourcebook of American Architecture, Princeton Architectural Press, 2001, p. 297 |
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Judith Dupré, Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York 1996, pp. 22-23 |
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Abitare 256, luglio-agosto/july-august 1987 [Chicago], p. 109 (106-113) |
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Architecture Plus 9, october 1973, p. 39 (34-39) |
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Bruno Zevi, Spazî dell'architettura moderna, Einaudi, Torino 1973, tav. 432 [VIII. Tradizione moderna e primo razionalismo negli Stati Uniti] |
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DIMENSIONAL DATA |
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STRUCTURES |
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STAFF |
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John Wellborn Root, Charles B. Atwood |
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Restored in the years 1994-1999, it has been transformed in hotel. |
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