Architectural drawing of AT&T Corporate Center and USG Building, Chicago, USA, by Adrian Smith, design partner, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM): elevation to Franklin Street, c.1985
Architectural Drawing
1984 - 1985
1984 - 1985
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These two towers were designed as a stylistic pair with a shared 16-storey atrium. On the left is the 60-storey AT&T Corporate Center, and to the right the 35-storey USG Building (renamed Franklin Center in 2007). Design began in 1985 and the building was completed in 1989. Fittingly for these skyscrapers, the drawing itself is very large, one and three-quarters meters in height. To create the drawing, the buildings have been first drawn and then printed, cut, glued onto the board backing and finally hand-coloured with colour crayon (pencil). The title and street names are added using dry-transfer lettering such as made by Letraset.
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| Title | Architectural drawing of AT&T Corporate Center and USG Building, Chicago, USA, by Adrian Smith, design partner, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM): elevation to Franklin Street, c.1985 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Print with paper collage of building added, colour crayon and black dry-transfer lettering on board |
| Brief description | Architectural drawing of AT&T Corporate Center and USG Building, Chicago, USA, by Adrian Smith, design partner, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM): elevation to Franklin Street, c.1985 |
| Physical description | Architectural drawing of a pair of skyscrapers |
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| Credit line | Given by Adrian Smith |
| Object history | These two towers were designed as a stylistic pair with a shared 16-storey atrium. On the left is the 60-storey AT&T Corporate Center, and to the right the 35-storey USG Building (renamed Franklin Center in 2007). Design began in 1985 and the building was completed in 1989. Fittingly for these skyscrapers, the drawing itself is very large, one and three-quarters meters in height. To create the drawing, the buildings have been first drawn and then printed, cut, glued onto the board backing and finally hand-coloured with colour crayon (pencil). The title and street names are added using dry-transfer lettering such as made by Letraset. |
| Production | not in Smith's hand |
| Summary | These two towers were designed as a stylistic pair with a shared 16-storey atrium. On the left is the 60-storey AT&T Corporate Center, and to the right the 35-storey USG Building (renamed Franklin Center in 2007). Design began in 1985 and the building was completed in 1989. Fittingly for these skyscrapers, the drawing itself is very large, one and three-quarters meters in height. To create the drawing, the buildings have been first drawn and then printed, cut, glued onto the board backing and finally hand-coloured with colour crayon (pencil). The title and street names are added using dry-transfer lettering such as made by Letraset. |
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| Accession number | CD.11-2017 |
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| Record created | April 11, 2017 |
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