Author : John Zukowsky
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,48 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Architectural drawing
ISBN : 9780847825967
Over 200 illustrations drawn from the Art Institute of Chicago's repository of architectural drawings, models, and building fragments present a striking record of Chicago's great buildings and structures.
Author : Joseph Siry
Publisher :
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 33,62 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780226761336
Covering the Auditorium from the early design to its opening, its later renovations, its links to culture and politics in Chicago, and its influence on later Adler and Sullivan works (including the Schiller Building and the Chicago Stock Exchange Building), The Chicago Auditorium Building recounts the tale of a building that helped to define a city and an era."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Lee Bey
Publisher : Second to None: Chicago Storie
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 12,64 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780810140981
Southern Exposure is the definitive guide to the often overlooked architectural riches of Chicago's South Side by architecture expert and former Chicago Sun-Times architecture writer Lee Bey.
Author : Harry Weese and Associates
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 34,88 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Author : Frank Alfred Randall
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 46,53 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780252024160
"The second edition of History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago is a tribute to Frank Randall's vision and resource to Chicago area architects, engineers, preservation specialists, and other members of the building industry."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Rolf Achilles
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 14,31 MB
Release : 2013-06-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0747813817
The birth of the skyscraper in Chicago in the mid-1880s introduced a new direction for city architecture: upwards. But how-and why- was it that Chicago set the standard for high-rise buildings, not only across the USA but all over the world? Rolf Achilles here introduces the style of the First Chicago School from 1880 to 1910, explaining the innovative use of iron frames for strength, height and openness, and the ubiquity of gridded window arrangements. With reference to such famous architects as William Le Baron Jenny and Frank Lloyd Wright, and colorful pictures of, among many others, the Reliance, Brooks and Marquette buildings, this book is a fascinating exploration of the structures that helped to give Chicago its identity, and the world a new way of building.
Author : Henry Russell Hitchcock
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 25,62 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780393315189
The most influential work of architectural criticism and history of the twentieth century, now available in a handsomely designed new edition.
Author : Jay Pridmore
Publisher : Pomegranate
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 13,82 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780764924965
Commissioned by Ferdinand Peck and produced by architects Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler--soon to be leaders of the Chicago School--in 1889, the Auditorium Building was a wondrous complex, housing a hotel, offices, stores, and a theater. Adler's engineering skills overcame the problem of a foundation that had to support an unevenly distributed weight; Sullivan designed the stunning theater, which was spanned by four elliptical arches studded with 3,500 incandescent electric lights and decorated with gold leaf. Adler created a hydraulic stage--with twenty-six lifts--and one of the first air-conditioning systems in a public building. Among the many design features in the interior of the Auditorium were murals, onyx, marble, open loggias, stained glass, filigreed vents, wainscoting, and bronze-plated posts. Scholars considered the Auditorium Building the most important single structure in Chicago. The Auditorium thrived until its closing in 1940. In 1946 Roosevelt University purchased the building, and the Auditorium Theatre Council restored the theater to its former glory. Today, the Auditorium Building is thriving as a showcase for major theatrical events, Roosevelt University concerts, and other events.
Author : Judith Paine McBrien
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 34,45 MB
Release : 2011-12-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 039373384X
“A handy guidebook that profiles a building per page, with a drawing and vital statistics on most of Chicago’s major historic and modern buildings.”—Chicago Tribune Updated and expanded to chart the changing urban landscape of Chicago--as well as to incorporate a section on Chicago’s campus architecture, including works by Rem Koolhaas at the Illinois Institute of Technology and Frank Lloyd Wright at the University of Chicago--the second edition of this popular handbook is a perfect companion for walking tours and an excellent source of background information for exploring the internationally acclaimed architecture of Chicago. Over 100 highlights of downtown Chicago are covered, from Michigan Avenue to the riverfront to the Loop, with accompanying maps, a glossary of architectural terms, and an index of architects and buildings.
Author : Hazel V. Carby
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,39 MB
Release : 1987
Category : African American women
ISBN : 0195060717
"Reconstructing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist, published in 1987, is a book by Hazel Carby which centers on slave narratives by women. Carby received her Ph.D. in 1984 from Birmingham University. Her doctoral dissertation later became the foundation for the book."--Wikipedia viewed Jan. 7, 2022.
