Inland Steel Building

Inland Steel Building
A Chicago Landmark[1]
General information
Location	30 W. Monroe Street[1] Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°52′52″N 87°37′45″W / 41.8810°N 87.6291°W / 41.8810; -87.6291Coordinates: 41°52′52″N 87°37′45″W / 41.8810°N 87.6291°W / 41.8810; -87.6291
Construction started	1956
Completed	1957[1]
Height
Roof	332 feet (101.2 m)[2]
Design and construction
Architect	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill[1]
References
Inland Steel Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	30 W. Monroe St., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°52′51″N 87°37′43″W / 41.88083°N 87.62861°W / 41.88083; -87.62861
Area	0.5 acres (0.2 ha)
Built	1958
Architectural style	International Style
Governing body	Private
NRHP Reference #	09000024[3]
Added to NRHP	February 18, 2009

The Inland Steel Building, located at 30 W. Monroe Street in Chicago, is one of the city's defining commercial high-rises of the post-World War II era of modern architecture.^[1] It was built in the years 1956–1957 and was the first skyscraper to be built in the Chicago Loop following the Great Depression of the 1930s.^[4] Its principal designers were Bruce Graham and Walter Netsch of the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architecture firm.^[1]

Architecture

The use of brushed stainless steel cladding reflects the corporation that commissioned the building as its headquarters, the Inland Steel Company.^[1]

The placement of all structural columns on the building's perimeter—and the consolidation of elevators and other service functions in a separate tower—allowed for a highly flexible interior floor layout with no interior columns.^[1] This design is a good example of the widely held principle of the era, "form follows function" (Louis Sullivan). The lobby features a sculpture of gold, stainless steel and enameled copper by Richard Lippold entitled Radiant I.^[5]

The Inland Steel Building was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 7, 1998.^[1]

References

External links

• Inland Steel Building - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
• Inland Steel Building Renovation - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

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