Get an up-close look at the landmarks that make Chicago world-renowned for its architecture.

Aon Center - The city’s 2nd tallest building, located at 200 East Randolph, rises 82 floors and 346 metres. Interestingly, the structure was first clad entirely in marble, but the slabs turned out to be too thin. They were later replaced with thicker slabs of speckled white granite.
200 E. Randolph

Chicago Water Tower - One of the few buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire, the Historic Water Tower is an icon on North Michigan Avenue and houses the City Gallery, which showcases Chicago photography.
806 N. Michigan

Cloud Gate - The first public outdoor work in the United States from British artist Anish Kapoor is forged of highly polished stainless steel plates that offer a unique reflection of Chicago’s nearby skyline.
201 E. Randolph

Crown Fountain - You won’t find gargoyles in this modern-day fountain featured in Millennium Park. Instead, Spanish artist Jaume Plensa projects faces of over 1000 Chicago citizens on 50-foot LED screens and gives the illusion that water is spouting from their mouths.
201 E. Randolph

Harold Washington Library Center - The Harold Washington Library Center is one of the world’s largest municipal buildings and an architectural gem. Visit the children’s library or beautiful Winter Garden, browse through the blues and jazz collections or attend one of the many special programmes in the library’s theatre.
400 S. State

James R. Thompson Center - This glass-enclosed steel structure work of contemporary architecture Helmut Jahn is massive in size, as you’ll quickly discover in its soaring cylindrical atrium which extends through the roof to a skylight.
100 W. Randolph

Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Architect Frank Gehry designed this spectacular outdoor concert venue in Millennium Park that is home to the Grant Park Music Festival along with other free concerts and events.
100 W. Randolph

John Hancock Center - This 100-storey structure was built in 1969, also by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The huge X-braces are not only visually arresting; they defend Chicago’s 3rd tallest structure against strong winds blowing in from Lake Michigan.
875 N. Michigan

Marina City - This complex, designed by Bertrand Goldberg, includes two corncob-shaped residential towers perched along the Chicago River. Designed to be a “city within a city”, Marina City includes a restaurant, theatre, bowling alley and a marina for 700 small crafts.
300 N. State

Robie House - Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, now part of the University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park, is a masterful structure that is open for tours as restoration work continues.
5757 S. Woodlawn

Soldier Field - Visit the newly renovated, ultra-modern Soldier Field to take in a Bears game during football season.
1410 S. Museum Campus

S.R. Crown Hall - Located on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, S.R. Crown Hall is widely regarded as Mies van Der Rohe's masterpiece and one of the most architecturally significant buildings of the 20th Century Modernist movement.
3360 S. State

Tribune Tower - Home of the Chicago Tribune newspaper offices, this Gothic-Revival landmark features flying buttresses and gargoyles.
435 N. Michigan

Willis Tower - Constructed in 1974 by the Chicago firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the Willis Tower is a triumph of ingenuity and innovation. The structure consists of nine framed skyscrapers incorporated into one massive building. Standing at 412 metres and 110 storeys high, it is the tallest in North America.
233 S. Wacker

Wrigley Building - Patterned after the Seville Cathedral’s Giralda Tower in Spain, this wedding cake-like building clad in white terra cotta is especially dazzling when bathed in floodlights in the evening.
410 N. Michigan