While the term "Chicago School" is widely used to describe buildings constructed in the city during the 1880s and 1890s, this term has been disputed by scholars, in particular in reaction to Carl Condit's 1952 book The Chicago School of Architecture.
尽管“芝加哥学派”这个术语被广泛用于描述18世纪八九十年代在这个城市建造的建筑，但这个术语却受到了学者们的争议，特别是对卡尔·康迪特（Carl Condit）1952年出版的“芝加哥建筑学派”（The Chicago School of Architecture）一书的反应。