The birthplace of the skyscraper, Chicago itself is a living museum, home to many masterpieces of modern architecture.

Chicago Architecture Foundation
Web: www.architecture.org
Address: 224 South Michigan Avenue
Phone: 312-922-3432
Free admission to enter
More than 40 different architectural tours, varying in price.

Clarke House Museum
Address: 1827 South Indiana Avenue
Phone: 312-745-0040
Chicago's oldest surviving building and an interesting place to see how an early Chicago family lived. Tours for students cost $9 and begin at Glessner House Museum's coach house.

Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation
Web: www.wrightplus.org
Address: 951 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park
Phone: 708-848-1976
Admission: $12 for adults
This building served as both the Wright family residence and Wright's studio from 1889 to 1909.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House
Web: www.wrightplus.org
Address: 5757 South Woodlawn Avenue
Phone: 834-1361
On the University of Chicago's campus. For details, see "Robie House" sidelight link on the Hyde Park Attractions page in this section.

Glessner House Museum
Web: www.glessnerhouse.org
Address: 1800 South Prairie Avenue
Phone: 312-326-1480
Designed by H. H. Richardson in 1885, this 27-room house helped redefine American domestic architecture. Tours for students cost $9 and move from Glessner House to Clarke House.

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