Tribune Tower Two, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation and Plan
<p>Walter Netsch, former principal at Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, is well known for his work with field theory, a method of design based on fields of rotated grids. In the 1960s Netsch applied this technique to a number of projects, including the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago. His contribution to Late Entries playfully extrudes the grid into a tower, a pattern that he described as a butterfly in a field of flowers.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1981
- Dimensions
- 74 × 58.6 cm (29 1/8 × 23 1/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Walter Andrew Netsch
Artist
Drawing
Walter Andrew Netsch (American, 1920–2008)
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- Walter Andrew Netsch
- Year
- 1981
- Dimensions
- 74 × 58.6 cm (29 1/8 × 23 1/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1981-077379
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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- Status
- verified