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Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, Chicago: exterior. View of Federal Center in Chicago, Illinois
1/6 · Exterior · View of Federal Center in Chicago, IllinoisPhoto: US General Services Administration · Public domain · source
Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, Chicago: exterior
2/6 · ExteriorPhoto: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, Chicago: exterior
3/6 · ExteriorPhoto: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, Chicago: exterior. The Chicago Federal Center (1974)
4/6 · Exterior · The Chicago Federal Center (1974)Photo: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, Chicago: detail. Everett McKinley Dirksen Building glass facade detail…
5/6 · Detail · Everett McKinley Dirksen Building glass facade detail with reflectionsPhoto: Marc Rochkind · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, Chicago: seen in its setting
6/6 · ContextPhoto: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
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Civic · Modernism

Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse

Ludwig Mies van der RohebyLudwig Mies van der RoheSee all 18 buildings →Chicago, United States ↗

1964

Key featuresMies's steel-and-glass courthouse tower of 1964, 384 ft tall, on the Federal Center plaza.

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Architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Place
Chicago, United States
Year
1964
Typology
Civic
Movement
Modernism
Region
Americas

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