Chicaco School of Architecture

In 1871 a huge fire destroyed about a third of Chicago. This event led to the largest building boom in American history.

In 1885 was built the first steel-frame skyscraper, the ten-storey Home Insurance Building.

Whit Elisha Oti's invention of the first safety elevator in 1854 a city could grow vertically.

This was the beginnings of the famous Chicago School of Architecture;

Frank Lloyd Wright was the father of modern American architecture.