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Chicago Tribune Tower Competition 1922
One of the most significant events in the
history of modern architecture was the
Tribune Tower international competition in
1922 when the Chicago Tribune, the city's
oldest and most important newspaper,
offered a $50,000 prize for the winning
design of "the most beautiful and distinctive
office building of the world". More than 263
architects from three continents responded
with a broad constellation of designs ranging
from Byzantine to Bauhaus. The List of
contemporary European architects contains
Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer, Ludwig
Karl Hilbersheimer, Bruno Taut, Hans and
Wassili Luckhardt and many more.
Adolf Loos' entry arrived too late for the
jury's review. But his iconic unbuilt design
for the Chicago Tribune tower is still one
of the most popular images in history of
modern architecture.
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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE COLUMN
Adolf Loos 1922)
The competition was won by
Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells
with their vertiginous take on the Gothic revival.
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