The Architect · Caleb · Chicago
Reliance Building
This is the great-grandfather of the glass box. In 1895 they were already dissolving the wall into window.
The 1895 Burnham proto-glass tower — terracotta and huge 'Chicago windows' that predicted the glass curtain wall by decades.
— Caleb, The Architect
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