Marina City, Chicago, Perspective Looking West
INV-190220th Centuryarchitectural drawingarchitecture
Date
1985
Medium
Marker on tracing paper
Dimensions
55.3 × 86.4 cm (21 3/4 × 34 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of the Goldberg Family
Bertrand Goldberg’s design for Marina City (1959-67) had a lasting impact on Chicago urbanism and provided a virtually unrivaled contribution to the cultural imagination of the mid-century world. The novel mixed-use development was designed to produce a microcosm of the urban landscape or, “a City with a City,” with a lively 24-hour cycle of living, work, and play in the apartment towers, commercial areas, office and theater buildings. An expressive sketch of the complex illustrates a variety of geometries from rounded tower “petals” to a recessed rectangular ice-skating rink. This drawing was created in 1985 when Goldberg was asked to consult on renovations to the plaza level of the complex.
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