Architecture -- Competitions -- Illinois -- Chicago
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: This heading is subdivided by place for works on architecture indigenous to the place named, e.g. Architecture--United States. The heading is qualified by a national qualifier for works on architecture of the type named in the qualifier but located in other places, e.g. Architecture, American--India.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Chicago Public Library Archives. Chicago Cultural Center Contractor Bids
Collection
Identifier: spe-l00105
Abstract
This collection comprises the specifications Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge created for contractors to bid on for the construction of the Main Library for the Chicago Public Library, now known as the Chicago Cultural Center. The specifications show the exact standards contractors were held to when building the new central library, as well as the materials to be used. Many bids have original checks for deposits attached to them and some have additional information about the bidding company...
Dates:
1892 - 1898
Chicago Public Library Archives. Harold Washington Library Center, Design Build Competition Records
Collection
Identifier: spe-l00120
Abstract
The Harold Washington Library Center Design Build Records document the process by which the design for Chicago Public Library’s new Central Library was chosen. On July 29, 1987, Mayor Washington and the City Council authorized a design/build competition and approved a bond issue to finance the project. Under the competition rules, architects and builders teamed up to design the new Central Library within the set price of $144 million. Norman Ross, Chairman of the Citizen Jury, announced the...
Dates:
1986 - 1991