Chicago School

noun

1. a group of Chicago architects active between c1880 and c1910 and known for major developments in skyscraper design and for experiments in a modern architectural style appropriate especially to business and industrial buildings: two of the best-known members were Louis Sullivan and John Wellborn Root.

Example Sentences

Since then, he’s faced a mutiny on the Chicago school board over whether the district should take out a high-interest loan to cover a new contract with the Chicago Teachers Union, for which Johnson was an organizer.

From Slate

Now, it's possible that the Trump campaign managed to fill the room with his fans but it seems unlikely that Chicago, home of the highly influential University of Chicago school of economics, wouldn't have mostly serious members of its Economic Club in attendance.

From Salon

He graduated from the University of Chicago School of Law in 1961 and began working as a King County prosecutor in 1963.

From Seattle Times

Going the extra mile for a research position If your job is to contribute to the body of knowledge started by the Chicago School of Criminology or by the most prominent criminologists of the 20th century, then you should pursue additional education.

From Encyclopedia.com

Previously, he led a coalition that ensured 100,000 Chicago school children had access to the Internet during the pandemic.

From Reuters