Civic Opera Building

The Civic Opera Building is a 45-story office tower at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The building opened November 4, 1929, and has an Art Deco interior. It has a 3,563-seat opera house, the Civic Opera House, which is the second-largest opera auditorium in North America.

Civic Opera Building
rear facade
General information
StatusComplete
Architectural styleart deco
Address20 North Wacker Drive
Construction started1927
Completed1929
Cost$23,385,000
Height555'
Technical details
Floor count45

Today, the opera house is the permanent home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

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