The Rockefeller Building was designed by Knox & Elliot. William Knox, a Scottish immigrant, and John Knox, a Canadian immigrant, met when they worked together in the famed Chicago architectural firm of Burnham & Root in the 1880s. They decided to start their own practice and went on to design several notable buildings, including the Standard Building and the Hippodrome, which was demolished in the early 1980s. The Rockefeller Building, often considered their best work, has been compared to the earlier Louis Sullivan-designed Guaranty Building in Buffalo, with which it shares similar massing and ornamentation. | Creator: Detroit Publishing Co. | Date: 1906 | Source: New York Public Library Public Domain ArchiveDownload Original File
