Architecture of Chicago - Styles and Schools

Styles and Schools

Chicago architects used many design styles and belonged to a variety of architectural schools. Below is a list of those styles and schools.

  • American Four-Square
  • Art Deco/Moderne
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Chateauesque
  • Chicago School (Also called Commercial Style)
  • Classical Revival (also known as Neoclassical architecture)
  • Colonial Revival
  • Craftsman (also known as American Craftsman)
  • Dutch Colonial
  • Eastlake/Stick
  • Edwardian architecture
  • Gothic Revival
  • Greek Revival
  • International (sometimes called Second Chicago School)
  • Italianate
  • Middle Eastern
  • Modern
  • Oriental
  • Prairie School
  • Queen Anne
  • Renaissance Revival also known as Neo-Renaissance
  • Romanesque Revival also known as Neo-Romanesque
  • Second Empire
  • Spanish Revival also known as Spanish Colonial Revival
  • Sullivanesque (for style elements and examples see Louis Sullivan)
  • Tudor Revival
  • Workers Cottage

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