Symphony Center
- Architect
- Daniel Burnham
- Year
- 1904
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Chicago, IL
Symphony Center at 220 South Michigan Avenue grew up around Orchestra Hall, which Daniel Burnham designed in 1904 as a permanent home for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. A $110 million renovation and expansion, approved in 1993 and completed in 1997, wrapped the original hall in a larger complex that added Buntrock Hall, named for CSO trustee Dean L. Buntrock, and the Grainger Ballroom.
the building
Orchestra Hall. The 2,522-seat auditorium at the center of the complex dates to 1904 and remains the primary performance space for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
Grainger Ballroom. Added in the 1997 expansion, the ballroom is an event space overlooking Michigan Avenue and the Art Institute of Chicago, part of a project that also added Forte restaurant, a public rotunda, and administrative offices around the original hall.
the style
Burnham designed Orchestra Hall in the Neoclassical style, giving the Chicago Symphony Orchestra a dignified, columned presence on Michigan Avenue.
More on Neoclassicalsignificance
Orchestra Hall was designated a National Historic Landmark on April 19, 1994, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978.
nearby
- Railway Exchange Building
- Chapin and Gore Building
- McClurg Building
- Peoples Gas Building
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Municipal Courts Building