Carbide and Carbon Building
Carbide and Carbon Building
- Address
- 230 N Michigan Ave
Lonely Planet review for Carbide and Carbon Building
Chicago designers found inspiration from the French movement: Art Deco. The style took on sharp angles, reflective surfaces and a modern palette of blacks, silvers and greens in geometric elements. One of the few remaining buildings in the Loop that characterize this style, the Carbide and Carbon Building, has now become a Hard Rock Hotel Chicago. But check out the building’s polished black granite, green terra-cotta and gold crown – all colorful signals of the deco palate, which is rumored to be designed to look like a champagne bottle.
