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A work made of terra-cotta.

Decorative Panel from the Eli B. Felsenthal Store, Chicago, Illinois, 1905

Louis H. Sullivan

A wood-framed glass window with a grid pattern formed by came sections, or leaded outlines, repeated vertically three times. Yellow glass in the details.

Tomek, F.F., House: Spare Window, 1907

Frank Lloyd Wright

A work made of ink and watercolor on paper.

Plan of the Center of the City, the 1909 Plan of Chicago, 1909

Daniel Hudson Burnham

A work made of iron, painted and/or bronze-plated.

Lobby Elevator Grille from the Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois, c. 1907 (removed about 1931)

Frank Lloyd Wright

A work made of conté crayon and charcoal with stumping on board.

Century of Progress Exposition, Travel, and Transport Building, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective, c. 1930/32

Edward Herbert Bennett

A work made of cast iron.

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

Adler & Sullivan, Architects

A framed glass window with two vertical geometric forms dividing the plane, shades of green and yellow scattered in the design.

Gerald Mahony House Window, 1907 (demolished 1965)

Marion Mahony Griffin

A work made of wrought and cast iron.

Fisher Building, 343 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois: Upper Portion of Elevator Grille, 1895/96

Charles B. Atwood

A photocollage of the top of a multistoried building with a cantilevered roof—extending horizontally and supported at only one end—and a patio below, surrounded by trees and water.

McCormick Place: Perspective View Looking toward Lake, c. 1969

C. F. Murphy Associates

A work made of ink and colored pencil on cellulose acetate; taped edges.

Suburban House with Parabolic Roof, Perspective Rendering, 1947

Hugh Mackie Gordon Garden

A work made of copper-plated cast iron in metal frame.

Elevator Frieze Panel from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, 1893-94

Adler & Sullivan, Architects

An elevation drawing of a spiral-shaped building with a stone facade and central pole. Spaces are numbered 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Gene and Nancy Bavinger House, Section, Norman, Oklahoma, Design Drawing, 1950–51

Bruce Goff

A work made of colored ink on a printed map.

Plate 75 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Diagram of the City, Showing Complete System of Inner Circuits, 1909

Daniel Hudson Burnham

A work made of graphite on board.

Three Twenty Oakdale Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective, 1953/54

Milton Meyer Schwartz

A loose perspective sketch, as through viewed from street level, of an L-shaped high-rise building emphasizing vertical columns.

Highrise Buildings Sketch, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective Sketches, c. 1946–1948

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Old Temple, 1787/88

Hubert Robert

A drawing of a red trapezoidal radio with a silver handle and face consisting of speakers, a round dial, and two buttons.

Fada Radio Design, Red Radio, Presentation Drawing, 1946

Henry Peter Glass

A work made of painted wood.

Auditorium Building: Column Capital and Portion of a Frieze, 1887–89

Adler & Sullivan, Architects

A work made of charcoal and ink wash on linen.

Flatiron Building, New York, New York, Perspective, 1902

Jules Guérin

A detailed graphite drawing of an ornate architectural pattern consisting of repeated geometric and organic shapes.

System of Architectural Ornament, Plate 18, Untitled, 1923

Louis H. Sullivan

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