The Illinois Skyscraper— Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unbuilt Vertical City for Chicago
The Illinois skyscraper, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago, proposed a vertical city that redefined urban density and programmatic integration. Presented in 1956, the unbuilt 2.4-kilometer tower included 528 floors and aimed to house over 100,000 people with support for cars, aircraft, and atomic-powered elevators. Architect David Romero digitally reconstructed the project from Wright’s …
