ID: 700077269 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700077269	Record Type: Built Work
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860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments (apartment house; Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig; structural engineer: Georgia Loui...; completed 1951; Chicago (Cook, Illinois, United States, North and Central Am...)

Note: Located in: Chicago, Illinois, United States; twin towers are 26 stories high, 46 feet apart; became model for steel and glass skyscraper construction

Titles:

860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments (preferred,C,U,English,U,U)

860-880 North Lake Shore Drive Apartments (C,U,English-P,,N)

North Lake Shore Drive Apartments (C,U,undetermined,,N)

Glass House Apartments (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

apartment house [300005707] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, multiple dwellings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: completed 1951

Creator Display:

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig; structural engineer: Georgia Louise Harris Brown [preferred,BWR]

structural engineer Brown, Georgia Louise Harris (American architect, 1918-1999) [500780021]

architect Rohe, Mies van der (German architect, 1886-1969, active in the United States) [500006293]

Locations:

Current: Chicago [7013596] (Geographic)

Address Note: +41.898441471,-87.6182440405; 860|-880 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Display Materials: steel frame; steel and glass curtain walls

	steel frame construction [300015341]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

	steel (alloy) [300133751]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy)

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	curtain walls (nonbearing walls) [300002563]
	.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, enclosing structural elements, <walls and wall components>, walls, <walls by function>, nonbearing walls)

Dimensions: 26 stories

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	International Style (modern European architecture style) [300021472] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European architecture styles and movements>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: residential structures

Sources and Contributors:
860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments	........ [VP,AVERY]
	........ Avery Index (1963-)
860-880 North Lake Shore Drive Apartments	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3781156
North Lake Shore Drive Apartments	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-)
Glass House Apartments	........ [VP]
	........ Avery Index (1963-)

Subject: ....... [VP,AVERY,BWR]

....................... Avery Authority files (1963-)

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3781156

....................... BWR-03 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3781156

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 50860

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U74097

Note:
English	..... [BWR,VP]
	..... BWR database (2010-)