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Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen's 1922 entry in the Chicago Tribune Tower design competition. Saarinen was awarded $20,000 for his second-place entry but his building was never completed. Instead, his simplified modernist stepback skyscraper design influenced many other architects. — Eliel Saarinen's Tribune Tower design
Eliel Saarinen
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Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen's 1922 entry in the Chicago Tribune Tower design competition. Saarinen was awarded $20,000 for his second-place entry but his building was never completed. Instead, his simplified modernist stepback skyscraper design influenced many other architects.
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