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An elevation drawing of a spiral-shaped house clad with brown stones, its roof fastened to a central pole with suspension cables.

Gene and Nancy Bavinger House: West Elevation, 1950/51

Bruce Goff

A rectangular grille with ornamental details including organic and geometric forms, an open arch at bottom, and an elliptical window in the center.

Teller's wicket from the National Farmers Bank, Owatonna, Minnesota, 1906/08

Louis H. Sullivan

A work made of bronze.

Architectural Fitting (Gong), Western Zhou dynasty, c.1050–770 B.C.

Wooden sculpture of seated king surrounded by family.

Veranda Post (Òpó Ògògá), 1910-14

Olowe of Ise

Black-and-white image of a framed window with geometric patterns forming a decorative frame within the panel in clear, opaque, and mottled glass.

Robert W. Evans House, 9914 South Longwood Drive, Chicago, Illinois: Leaded Glass Window, c. 1908

Frank Lloyd Wright

A work made of oil on canvas.

Architectural Landscape with Belisarius Receiving Alms, Probably after 1760

French School

A perspective drawing of a city with repeating rectilinear buildings on city blocks connected by bridges with roadways below.

Highrise City (Hochhausstadt), Perspective View, 1924

Ludwig Karl Hilberseimer

Pencil drawing of three-story community center with rectangular windows and minimal landscaping. Chinese characters are drawn above the door.

Chinese American Service Center, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective Rendering, 2001

Jeanne Gang

A work made of black and colored inks on photographic enlargement.

Celia L. Marriott Apartment, Chicago, Illinois, Interior Perspective, 1983

Krueck & Olsen

Scene in a diner, viewed through wrap-around glass windows, at night on an empty urban street. A light-skinned man and woman, he in a suit and she in a red dress, sit together at a triangular wood bar, eyes downcast. At left sits another man, his back to the viewer. Behind the counter is a light-skinned man in a white uniform. The interior lights cast a yellow glow that spills onto the street in pale green. Above the diner a sign reads, "Phillies."

Nighthawks, 1942

Edward Hopper

A work made of graphite and ink on linen.

Peter Fortune, Residence: West Elevation, 1909/10

Howard Van Doren Shaw

A work made of carved oak.

Auditorium Building: Section of the Hotel Bar, 1887/89 (demolished c. 1941)

Adler & Sullivan, Architects

A work made of graphite on tracing paper.

A Minimum Dymaxion Home, Elevation, 1931

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Drawing plan for a spiral-shaped residence with material details. Smaller drawings circle a larger central one.

Gene and Nancy Bavinger House, Foundation and Floor Plan Footing Sections, Norman, Oklahoma, Working Drawing, 1950–1951

Bruce Goff

A work made of cast iron.

Frieze Section from the Rothschild Store, Chicago, Illinois, 1881 (demolished 1972)

Adler & Sullivan, Architects

A gestural sketch depicting a round structure, two rows of trees, and benches.

Waterfront Plaza, Kobe, Japan: Sketch, c. 2000

Tadao Ando

An Art Deco building fragment made from red and gray clay and stone, hung along a corner, with interior lighting.

Imperial Hotel: Lobby Lantern Fragment, 1923 (demolished 1965)

Frank Lloyd Wright

A three-dimensional color drawing of a skyscraper with its foundation exposed to show the complex program of its base against a dynamic background of blue and orange gradients.

Northwestern Terminal Tower, Chicago, Illinois, Axonometric, 1982

Murphy/Jahn Architects

A colorful drawing of a courtyard encircled by an open architectural structure, a pool and palm trees in the foreground.

Pineda Island Recreation Center, Mobile, Alabama, Perspective, c. 1960

Bertrand Goldberg

A work made of ink on tracing paper.

1992 World's Fair, Chicago, Illinois: Pespective Rendering of Ferris Wheel, Looking West through Navy Pier Atrium, 1977

Harry Weese

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