Chicagoland Building Brochure Collection, c.1920-2018

Ranging in date from throughout the late 20th century and into the 21st century, these brochures catalogue a history of the promotion of architecture in Chicago. As most of the brochures contain floor plans, they provide a sampling of design styles and construction patterns throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

This collection contains building brochures and sundry printed materials pertaining to structures in Chicago and the surrounding metro area. Also included are a number of promotional firm brochures. These materials cover a range of projects from residential housing to commercial buildings. While brochures are the predominant format found in this collection, there are also other types of printed and mechanically reproduced materials, including newspaper articles, drawings, maps, plats, press releases, project summaries and presentations, and photocopies of images.

This collection is arranged alphabetically: first by city, and then by project name.

• Subject
  • Architecture--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
  • Architectural services marketing--United States--History--20th century--Sources.

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Chicagoland Building Brochure Collection, Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago.

This collection was acquired from various sources, including: the gifts of John H. Owens, Jr., Teri Edelstein and Dr. Neil Harris, 2008; Andy Pierce, 2008; Jane Clark, 2009; Mary Woolever, 2009 and 2011; John Weber, 2010; and Jack Brown, 2011.

This collection was processed by Jennifer Kirmer in 2009, Ramona Luka and Nathaniel Parks in 2012, and Jorie Braunold in 2019.