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The Langham, Chicago
Mies van der Rohe's last American building, the 1972 IBM tower on the Chicago River, with the hotel in its lower floors.
- Built
- 1972IBM Building built 1969-1972 (City landmark record); Wikipedia gives an opening date of September 20, 1972 and a 2010-2013 conversion of the lower stories to the hotel.
- Style
- International Style
- Architect
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with C.F. Murphy Associates
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- River North
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Local landmark
The story
The tower was built in 1969-1972 as the Chicago offices of IBM and was the last American building designed by Mies van der Rohe, completed with C.F. Murphy Associates. The city cites its prismatic massing, welded I-beam curtain wall and glass-enclosed lobby as archetypal Mies, and notes it was sited so as not to block views from neighboring Marina City. The building became a Chicago Landmark in 2008 and was listed on the National Register in 2010. Its lower floors were converted to The Langham hotel in 2010-2013.
Good to know
- Address: 330 N. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
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