860–880 Lake Shore Drive is a twin pair of glass-and-steel apartment towers on N. Lake Shore Drive along Lake Michigan in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. They were designated as Chicago Landmarks on June 10, 1996. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1980. The 26 floor, 254 ft (82 m) tall towers were designed by the famous architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and dubbed the "Glass House" apartments.

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  • 860–880 Lake Shore Drive is a twin pair of glass-and-steel apartment towers on N. Lake Shore Drive along Lake Michigan in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. They were designated as Chicago Landmarks on June 10, 1996. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1980. The 26 floor, 254 ft (82 m) tall towers were designed by the famous architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and dubbed the "Glass House" apartments. Construction was by the renowned Chicago real estate developer Herbert Greenwald, and the Sumner S. Sollitt Company. The design principles first expressed in 860-880 Lake Shore Drive were copied extensively, and are now considered characteristic of the modern International Style. The towers were not entirely admired at the time they were built, yet they went on to be the prototype for steel and glass skyscrapers worldwide. Initially, it was difficult to acquire financing for the project, turned down by lenders like Baird & Warner who considered the design scheme to be too extreme. 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments embody a Modernistic tone with their verticality, grids of steel and glass curtain walls (a hallmark of Mies’ skyscrapers), and complete lack of ornamentation. Since Mies was a master of minimalist composition, his principle was “less is more” as it is demonstrated in his self-proclaimed “skin and bones” architecture.
  • Die 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments bezeichnen zwei Hochhäuser am Michigansee in Chicago. Sie wurden 1951 durch den Architekten Ludwig Mies van der Rohe errichtet und gelten heute als wegweisende Bauwerke der Architektur der Moderne bzw. des Internationalen Stils.
  • Les appartements 860 et 880 Lake Shore Drive à Chicago sont deux tours d'appartements en acier et en verre situées sur la portion nord de Lake Shore Drive, route longeant la rive du lac Michigan à Chicago, Illinois. Ils ont été attribués "Chicago Landmarks" le 10 juin 1996. Ces tours de 26 étages et 82 m de haut, construites de 1949 à 1951 par l'architecte de renom Ludwig Mies van der Rohe furent surnommées "les immeubles de verre" ("glass house" apartments en anglais). A l'origine, le financement connut quelques difficultés et fut refusé par des investisseurs comme Baird & Warner qui trouvèrent le projet trop radical. Bien qu'elles ne firent pas l'unanimité à l'époque de leur construction, ces tours, emblématiques du Style international ont par la suite été beaucoup copiées et ont depuis acquis valeur de modèle. Leur verticalité, la stricte orthogonalité de leur ossature en acier, leurs murs-rideau (la marque de fabrique de l'architecte) et l'absence totale d'ornementation incarnent une certaine idée de la modernité. L'approche de Mies van der Rohe était minimaliste. Son slogan était "moins, c'est plus" (ou "moins, c'est mieux" - less is more en anglais) et lui même qualifiait son architecture de "peau sur des os" (skin and bones architecture en anglais).
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  • 860–880 Lake Shore Drive is a twin pair of glass-and-steel apartment towers on N. Lake Shore Drive along Lake Michigan in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. They were designated as Chicago Landmarks on June 10, 1996. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1980. The 26 floor, 254 ft (82 m) tall towers were designed by the famous architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and dubbed the "Glass House" apartments.
  • Die 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments bezeichnen zwei Hochhäuser am Michigansee in Chicago. Sie wurden 1951 durch den Architekten Ludwig Mies van der Rohe errichtet und gelten heute als wegweisende Bauwerke der Architektur der Moderne bzw. des Internationalen Stils.
  • Les appartements 860 et 880 Lake Shore Drive à Chicago sont deux tours d'appartements en acier et en verre situées sur la portion nord de Lake Shore Drive, route longeant la rive du lac Michigan à Chicago, Illinois. Ils ont été attribués "Chicago Landmarks" le 10 juin 1996. Ces tours de 26 étages et 82 m de haut, construites de 1949 à 1951 par l'architecte de renom Ludwig Mies van der Rohe furent surnommées "les immeubles de verre" ("glass house" apartments en anglais).
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