Ward Miller, UNESCO Skyscrapers, Preservation Chicago, Chicago, IL

Jon Voils of Celebrate Libraries® interviews Ward Miller, The Richard H. Driehaus Executive Director of Preservation Chicago, about land development and preserving Chicago’s historic building stock. Foremost in the conversation is a nomination to add nine significant early skyscrapers representing the Chicago School of architecture to UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list.

Miller coauthored The Complete Architecture of Adler & Sullivan which is available to the public for study in the Art Institute of Chicago’s Ryerson and Burnham Libraries.

Useful Links:

https://www.preservationchicago.org/early-chicago-skyscrapers-for-unesco-world-heritage-site-designation-by-aia-chicago-and-preservation-chicago-2

https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6235

https://www.artic.edu/library/discover-our-collections

https://www.preservationchicago.org/long-format-ward-miller-interview-regarding-chicago-school-skyscraper-unesco-nomination/

Ward Miller of Preservation Chicago