1	The Tallest of the Tall Buildings That Scrape the Sky Wenzel Humanities Fall Term
2	Functional Period 1880-1900 Louis Sullivan built his Auditorium Building in Chicago Chicago fire guts the downtown, prompting rebuilding Birth of Elevators C. Vanderbilt brought the idea of a skyscraper to New York
3	Eclectic Period 1900-1920 1903 saw the Flatiron Bldg. and the Woolworth Bldg. (copied European ideas) This period also saw the Singer Bldg. And the Met. Life Tower � it resembled St. Mark�s Equitable Bldg. in N.Y. and cast shadows for 4 blocks. Greatest architect of this period was Cass Gilberts � the architect of the Woolworth.
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5	Art Deco Period Higher grade steel and more/better elevators Chrysler Bldg. (1930) Empire St. Bldg. (1931) Chicago Tribune Bldg. (1925) All with Asian influences
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7	Art Deco Continued Based on Moorish and Renaissance style � key example is the Wrigley Building Alternatively, there is the style of many architects, a city within a city � the Rockefeller Center
8	International Style Period Predominant in buildings built from 1950 to 1970. Most famous from this period was Mies van der Rohe � a refugee in WWII employing a style without decoration, much like what was being done at Bauhaus by Gropius. Feature building is the John Hancock, it mixed other skyscraper concepts. The architect in charge of the project was Fazlur Khan
9	Supertall Period �� 1965-1975
10	Social Skyscraper Period 1970-1980 Key example is the Xerox Center, designed by Jahn. The curved white face represents a piece of paper out of a copier. It is covered in white painted aluminum. Other examples are the IDS Center and the Citicorp Center in N.Y.
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12	Post Modern Period From 1980 on. Featured buildings include � the Petrona Towers 333 Whacker Drive Trump Tower on 5^th Avenue (1983) � considered ugly First Interstate Bank Tower (1985) � considered beautiful AT&T Building in Chicago (1985) Bank of China by I.M. Pei (1988) However, at this point in time, 20% of skyscraper space is unoccupied, prompting architects to move to Germany, and Asia to work.
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15	"Jake Thomas" Jake Thomas 2002