Built in 1929 and fully restored in 1996, the Civic Opera House is a Chicago landmark and a spectacular hybrid of Art Nouveau and Art Deco architectural styles. Comprising a 45-story office tower with two 22-story wings, the multi-use complex is home to the world-renowned Lyric Opera of Chicago. A close stylistic cousin to the high-rise towers of New York City's Rockefeller Center, completion of the Civic Opera House actually preceded Rock Center by a few years and, unlike that project, it made good on the inclusion of an opera.
