Chicago school

Chicago school (architecture)
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The Chicago School style featured many innovations. The "Chicago window" created the effect that the buildings were composed of glass. Each large pane of glass was flanked by narrow windows that could be opened.

His career converges with the so-called Chicago School of architects, whose challenge was to invent the skyscraper or high-rise building, facilitated by the introduction of the electric lift and the sudden abundance of steel.

As a leader of the Chicago School of Architecture, Sullivan pioneered the design and construction of large-scale, multi-story commercial buildings supported by skeletal steel structures.

Chicago School - Number of architects in late 19th century Chicago who pioneered skyscrapers.
Chimney - A passage for the escape of fumes, smoke or heated air from a fireplace or furnace.

See also: Architecture, House, Classical, Postmodern, Bungalow