Goldberg, Bertrand

Goldberg, Bertrand
▪ 1998

      American architect (b. July 17, 1913, Chicago, Ill.—d. Oct. 8, 1997, Chicago), changed the shape of Chicago's modern skyline with his pioneering design for Marina City, the twin concrete corncob-shaped cylindrical towers built in the mid-1960s. Conceived as a mixed-use complex that integrated housing with parking, restaurants, shops, recreation, and offices in a downtown setting, Marina City reflected Goldberg's vision that architecture could inspire a sense of community among inhabitants of the urban landscape. During the early 1930s he studied in Germany under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the Bauhaus, but he eventually departed from the steel and glass skyscrapers of the Miesian tradition, which he increasingly found dehumanizing. Instead, he strove to evoke a more naturalistic effect through the use of a cylindrical form, a design concept he used for the Raymond M. Hilliard Homes, a public housing project in Chicago. Goldberg designed other Chicago buildings, such as the Astor Tower Hotel and a residential complex called River City, and many hospitals throughout the United States.

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