The Tacoma Building, (Chicago); 1929 Jiahao Wang
Name:The Tacoma Building Architect: William Holabird The Tacoma Building is a very famous building in Chicago because it’s designed by William Holabird and Martin Roche, whom are two of most important architects in Chicago, and they have a architectural firm, which called Holabird & Roche. The Tacoma Building is the first major building that this company designed. Holabird & Roche firm was founded in Chicago in 1880, and is a one of the most oldest architecture firm in Chicago. Holabird & Root firm provides architectural, engineering, interior design, and planning services. Ossian Cole Simonds is one of the founders, but Simonds left the firm in 1883 and to be a landscape architect. William Holabird, Ossian Cole Simonds and Martin Roche worked in the office of William LeBaron Jenney. This firm was founded by William Holabird and Ossian Cole Simonds, and Martin Roche joined them later. It was called Holabird & Simonds. After Simonds left in 1883, it changed to Ho...