Christopher John Chamales Papers
1919-1987
Christopher John Chamales (1907-1993) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1931, Chamales (1907–1993) studied planning under Eliel Saarinen at Cranbrook Academy. With his professor he completed a master plan for Athens (Greece) and its port, Piraeus. Chamales worked for the noted industrial designer Raymond Loewy and then at the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill before establishing his own firm in 1945. He was best known for designing churches and commercial structures in the Chicago area and for urban plans for the post-World War II suburbs.
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