Minneapolis native Leroy S. Buffington was awarded a patent in 1888 for iron-building construction. Because of this patent, Buffington claimed to be the father of the skyscraper.
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Thanks for clarifying the origin of the actual idea of a skyscraper, and reminding us that the Victorians were well informed. Jenny's work owed a great deal to Buffington’s published ideas. Carl W. Condit's oafish but slavishly worshipped book, The Chicago School, rudely dismissed Buffington's ideas and work with the same middling but thick as cold porridge prose that fills the rest of this work. Particularly notable is Condit's belligerent dismissal of any ornament, unless by the likes of Sullivan & Wright, as a detriment to great design. Obviously he was scared by a decoration as a child.
Unfortunately, this has helped set into concrete the idea that most Victorian design, though possibly charming, is of little consequence unless it can be demonstrated that it is in a direct developmental line to Mies van der Rohe and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Chicago and its supporters are simply very loud, and everyone knows if you shout enough, you can silence all disagreement.
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The Home Insurance Building was only partially reliant on its metal skeleton frame. Also, Buffington may have been awarded the patent after Jenney beat him to the construction, but Buffington had already published articles outlining plans to use metal skeleton frames to support high rising buildings before 1884. Actually, if you compare the original bid for the Home Insurance Building design by Jenney to the way in which he changed it after the publications by Buffington, it is quite clear that Jenney had no thought to using a metal skeleton before reading about it. The first building that was completely supported by a metal skeleton and had no load-bearing walls was the Tacoma Building in 1889 (Holabird and Roche).
in 1886 the first steel framed skyscraper was already opened in Chicago if I recall. Ten stories high, with building construction paused due to fears that it wouldn't hold. It was the Home Insurance building, erected 1884-1885, architect William LeBaron Jenney.
I'd love to see some shots of Chicago of that era, as well as Chicago of 1777 (the time of the Great Railway Strike) if someone has some.
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Buffington was the inventor, not Jenny!
Thanks for clarifying the origin of the actual idea of a skyscraper, and reminding us that the Victorians were well informed. Jenny's work owed a great deal to Buffington’s published ideas. Carl W. Condit's oafish but slavishly worshipped book, The Chicago School, rudely dismissed Buffington's ideas and work with the same middling but thick as cold porridge prose that fills the rest of this work. Particularly notable is Condit's belligerent dismissal of any ornament, unless by the likes of Sullivan & Wright, as a detriment to great design. Obviously he was scared by a decoration as a child.
Unfortunately, this has helped set into concrete the idea that most Victorian design, though possibly charming, is of little consequence unless it can be demonstrated that it is in a direct developmental line to Mies van der Rohe and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Chicago and its supporters are simply very loud, and everyone knows if you shout enough, you can silence all disagreement.
Again, thanks! Gregory Hubbard
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The Home Insurance Building
The Home Insurance Building was only partially reliant on its metal skeleton frame. Also, Buffington may have been awarded the patent after Jenney beat him to the construction, but Buffington had already published articles outlining plans to use metal skeleton frames to support high rising buildings before 1884. Actually, if you compare the original bid for the Home Insurance Building design by Jenney to the way in which he changed it after the publications by Buffington, it is quite clear that Jenney had no thought to using a metal skeleton before reading about it. The first building that was completely supported by a metal skeleton and had no load-bearing walls was the Tacoma Building in 1889 (Holabird and Roche).
"Father of the Skyscraper" - maybe not
... 1888 would be a few years late,
in 1886 the first steel framed skyscraper was already opened in Chicago if I recall. Ten stories high, with building construction paused due to fears that it wouldn't hold. It was the Home Insurance building, erected 1884-1885, architect William LeBaron Jenney.
I'd love to see some shots of Chicago of that era, as well as Chicago of 1777 (the time of the Great Railway Strike) if someone has some.
- Ron