This building's grotesques include a frog sculpted by Rene Chambellan in reference to his French ancestry, and a whispering face nicknamed "Rumor." Adolf Loos proposed topping
This building's grotesques include a frog sculpted by Rene Chambellan in reference to his French ancestry, and a whispering face nicknamed "Rumor." Adolf Loos proposed topping this building with a giant Doric column, while Heinrich Mosdorf proposed topping it with a statue of a tomahawk-wielding Native American. The base of this building includes stones from the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall, and 118 other historical buildings. One design for this building, which was called a "voice, resonant and rich" by Louis Sullivan, featured a minimally-adorned stepped-back profile that was imitated for the American Radiator Building. A call for "the most beautiful and distinctive (*) office building in the world" began the competition to design this building, in which Eliel Saarinen's influential design finished second to a design by Howells &amp; Hood inspired by the Rouen Cathedral. For 10 points, name this neo-Gothic skyscraper built for a newspaper company in Chicago.
This building's grotesques include a frog sculpted by Rene Chambellan in reference to his French ancestry, and a whispering face nicknamed "Rumor."
Chicago Tribune Tower [or the Chicago Tribune building]