The Montgomery (Chicago)

The Montgomery

Former names	Montgomery Ward Headquarters
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Residential
Architectural style	Modern
Address	500 West Superior Street
Town or city	Chicago, Illinois
Country	USA
Completed	1972
Renovated	2005–2006
Height	403.67 ft (123.04 m)
Technical details
Structural system	Curtain wall
Floor count	28
Lifts/elevators	6 plus one wheelchair lift
Design and construction
Architect	Minoru Yamasaki
Website
themontgomery.net (condo association)
References
The Montgomery, Emporis

The Montgomery is a 404-foot (123 m) tall,^[1] 26-story skyscraper in Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois. It was built in 1972 as part of the Montgomery Ward Company Complex to serve as a corporate headquarters.^[2] The architect was Minoru Yamasaki who also designed the World Trade Center at the same time. In 2005–2006, it was converted to residential use.^[2]

References

↑ The Montgomery, Emporis
1 2 Sharon Stangenes (April 2, 2005), Understated tower makes for fine homes, Chicago Tribune, retrieved 2011-12-29

Architecture by Minoru Yamasaki

Skyscrapers	One Woodward Avenue (1963) IBM Building (1963) Century Plaza Hotel (1966) M&T Bank Center, Buffalo (1967) World Trade Center Tower 1, Tower 2, Buildings 4, 5 and 6 (1970–1971) Montgomery Ward Corporate Headquarters Tower (1972) Century Plaza Towers (1975) Bank of Oklahoma (1977) Rainier Bank Tower (1977) Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (1978) 100 Washington Square (1981) Torre Picasso (1988) Columbia Center (1989–2000)

Airports	Lambert-St. Louis International Airport main terminal (1956) Dhahran International Airport terminal (1961) Eastern Airlines terminal at Logan Airport (1969) King Fahd International Airport master plan (1977)

Houses of worship	North Shore Congregation Israel (1964) Temple Beth El (1974) Shinji Shumeikai Founder's Hall (1982)

Other buildings	Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Detroit Branch Building annex (1951) Pruitt–Igoe housing project (1954) Grosse Pointe University School (1954) Military Personnel Records Center (1955) McGregor Memorial Conference Center (1957) Prentis Building and DeRoy Auditorium Complex (1959) Robertson Hall at Princeton University (1965) Pacific Science Center (1962) Irwin Library at Butler University (1963) Oberlin Conservatory of Music (1963) Quo Vadis Entertainment Center (1966) Dr. John Archer Library (1967) Japan Center (1968) Tulsa Performing Arts Center (1976) Istanbul Cevahir (1987)

Landscape architecture	Wascana Centre and University of Regina - Regina Campus (1961–1967)

List of works by Minoru Yamasaki

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