Field Building

The Field Building is an Art-deco skyscraper designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White and built between 1931 and 1934 in Chicago, IL.

Field Building is not the only name you might know this building by though. It is common for companies to want to attach their names to iconic buildings when they move in, or for the general public to come up with nicknames, and this one is no exception. The Field Building is also known, or has been known as, LaSalle National Bank Building, or Bank of America Building.

Its precise street address is 135 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL. You can also find it on the map here.

The Field Building is a structure of significant importance both for the city of Chicago and the United States as a nation. The building embodies the distinctive characteristic features of the time in which it was built and the Art Deco style. Because of that, the Field Building was officially declared as a national landmark on September 2^nd 1994.

At the time of its completion in 1934 the Field Building incorporated solutions that were quite advanced at the time, these included highspeed elevators, air conditioning, and concealed radiation.

Graham, Anderson, Probst & White was the architecture firm in charge of the architectural design.

Graham, Anderson, Probst & White was in charge of the architectural design, however, architecture is a complex discipline, which usually involves many professionals from different fields, without whom this building would have not been possible. We will surely be leaving out a lot of names here, but here is a list of the people we do know also played their part in making the Field Building a reality:

• George A Fuller Company as the Main Contractor
• Marshall Field as the Main Developer

The Field Building can be categorized as an Art-deco building.

The Field Building was completed in 1934, right when the Art Deco movement was at its peak, so it kind of went with the trend at that time.

The Field Building uses a frame structure made of steel columns and slabs.

A frame structure uses a combination of beams and columns to sustain the building's weight. The walls in this case are non-load bearing, which allows for more flexibility when distributing the interior spaces.

The facade is non-load bearing either, as it is common in frame structure type buildings.

From an aesthetic point of view, the facade features Black granite in the base. Limestone in the upper stories..

Another material found at the Field Building is polished aluminum, used for the window frames.