# Thompson Center, now Google Center (originally the State of Illinois Center), Chicago's Postmodern Civic Masterpiece

- Published: 2026-01-07
- Topic: Architecture Stories
- Source: Architectural Icons Stories by Securex

I've been in love with, & mesmerized by the Thompson Center (originally known as the "State of Illinois Center" and soon changing to the Google Center) in Chicago since I was a child. It is the most important postmodern public building in the world -by far. It is an incomparably complex, virtuoso & ambitious sy

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