333 North Michigan Building
- Architect
- Holabird & Roche/Holabird & Root
- Year
- 1928
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Chicago, IL
- Collection
- chicago deco
333 North Michigan is a 34-story, 396-foot Art Deco skyscraper completed in 1928 by Holabird & Roche/Holabird & Root, one of four 1920s towers - alongside the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, and the London Guarantee Building - that flank the Michigan Avenue Bridge. Its dramatic upper-level setbacks were shaped directly by Chicago's 1923 skyscraper zoning law, and its riverside site puts it at the literal foot of the Magnificent Mile.
the building
The jog in Michigan Avenue. A bend in Michigan Avenue puts 333 North Michigan visually in the middle of the road when viewed from the north, making it one of the most photographed sightlines at the foot of the Magnificent Mile.
Zoning-law setbacks. The tower's dramatic stepped-back upper floors were inspired directly by the 1923 skyscraper zoning laws, which pushed architects toward tiered massing rather than sheer walls.
the style
333 North Michigan is built in the Art Deco idiom, one of four 1920s towers at the Michigan Avenue Bridge - with the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, and the London Guarantee Building - that together anchor the Michigan-Wacker Historic District.
More on Art Decosignificance
333 North Michigan is a Chicago Landmark, designated February 7, 1997, and a contributing property to the Michigan-Wacker Historic District, a U.S. Registered Historic District, sitting between the Historic Michigan Boulevard District and the Magnificent Mile.
nearby
- London Guarantee Building
- Old Republic Building
- Mather Tower
- Chicago Motor Club Building
- Carbide and Carbon Building
- Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist