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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 terracotta.

Dragon-Shaped Architectural Ornament, 13th/14th century

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

A work made of terracotta, pigment.

Architectural Relief Depicting the Gigantomachy (Battle Between Gods and Giants), 3rd-2nd century BCE

Ancient Etruscan

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 bronze.

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

A work made of graphite and ink on linen.

Peter Fortune, Residence: West Elevation, 1909/10

Howard Van Doren Shaw

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 carved oak.

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

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

A work made of oil on canvas.

Architectural Landscape with Belisarius Receiving Alms, Probably after 1760

French School

A work made of cast iron.

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

Adler & Sullivan, 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 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

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 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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