Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, John Hancock Center, 1969 Size:40cm x 60cm, 15.8inches x 23.6inches Villa Savoye is one of

Villa Savoye is one of the clearest built expressions of Le Corbusier’s modernist principles

which create a sense of spaciousness and fluidity

This design maximizes natural light and creates a seamless connection with the outdoors

deeply carved façades and dramatic spatial contrasts turned a bank into an architectural manifesto

This integration of structure and façade allowed for unprecedented height

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, John Hancock Center, 1969 Size:40cm x 60cm, 15.8inches x 23.6inches Villa Savoye is one ofRising prominently along Chicagos Magnificent Mile, the John Hancock Center stands as a defining achievement of late modernist high rise design. Engineered by SOM with Bruce Graham and Fazlur Khan, the tower introduced an innovative structural system in which the exterior X bracing is both load bearing and expressive. This integration of structure and faade allowed for unprecedented height, reduced material use, and expansive interior spaces, while