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Design for 33 North Dearborn Building, 33 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, USA, by Bruce Graham, design partner, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM): perspective by Helmut Jacoby, 1964

Architectural Drawing
1964
Artist/Maker

This elegant skyscraper, at 42-stories, was designed by Bruce Graham, one of the noted design partners of SOM whose most well-known work was the John Hancock Tower, Chicago. 33 North Dearborn was completed in 1967. The perspective is by the important late-20th century international perspectivist (‘renderer’ in American) Helmut Jacoby, in high demand for making black ink drawings of proposed buildings by many of the best architects of the period.


Object details

Object type
TitleDesign for 33 North Dearborn Building, 33 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, USA, by Bruce Graham, design partner, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM): perspective by Helmut Jacoby, 1964 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Black ink and collage on paper mounted on card
Brief description
Design for 33 North Dearborn Building, 33 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, USA, by Bruce Graham, design partner, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM): perspective by Helmut Jacoby, 1964
Dimensions
  • Height: 840mm
  • Width: 550mm
Marks and inscriptions
Jacoby 64 (signed, lower right)
Credit line
Given by Adrian Smith
Summary
This elegant skyscraper, at 42-stories, was designed by Bruce Graham, one of the noted design partners of SOM whose most well-known work was the John Hancock Tower, Chicago. 33 North Dearborn was completed in 1967. The perspective is by the important late-20th century international perspectivist (‘renderer’ in American) Helmut Jacoby, in high demand for making black ink drawings of proposed buildings by many of the best architects of the period.
Collection
Accession number
CD.23-2017

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Record createdApril 11, 2017
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