Chicago's Landmark Structures
Author : Landmarks Preservation Service
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 11,46 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Architecture
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Author : Landmarks Preservation Service
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 11,46 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Author : Harry Weese and Associates
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 17,20 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Architecture
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Page : 578 pages
File Size : 35,2 MB
Release : 1994
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Author : Susan Benjamin
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 25,54 MB
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1580935265
The first survey of the classic twentieth-century houses that defined American Midwestern modernism. Famed as the birthplace of that icon of twentieth-century architecture, the skyscraper, Chicago also cultivated a more humble but no less consequential form of modernism--the private residence. Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-75 explores the substantial yet overlooked role that Chicago and its suburbs played in the development of the modern single-family house in the twentieth century. In a city often associated with the outsize reputations of Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the examples discussed in this generously illustrated book expand and enrich the story of the region's built environment. Authors Susan Benjamin and Michelangelo Sabatino survey dozens of influential houses by architects whose contributions are ripe for reappraisal, such as Paul Schweikher, Harry Weese, Keck & Keck, and William Pereira. From the bold, early example of the "Battledeck House" by Henry Dubin (1930) to John Vinci and Lawrence Kenny's gem the Freeark House (1975), the generation-spanning residences discussed here reveal how these architects contended with climate and natural setting while negotiating the dominant influences of Wright and Mies. They also reveal how residential clients--typically middle-class professionals, progressive in their thinking--helped to trailblaze modern architecture in America. Though reflecting different approaches to site, space, structure, and materials, the examples in Modern in the Middle reveal an abundance of astonishing houses that have never been collected into one study--until now.
Author : Lee Bey
Publisher : Second to None: Chicago Storie
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,54 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.
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Page : 508 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 1978
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Author : Joseph J. Korom
Publisher : Branden Books
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 21,97 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780828321884
The skyscraper is an American invention that has captured the public's imagination for over a century. The tall building is wholly manmade and borne in the minds of those with both slide rules and computers. This is the story of the skyscraper's rise and the recognition of those individuals who contributed to its development. This volume is unique; its approach, information, and images are fresh and telling. The text examines America's first tall buildings -- the result of twelve years of in-depth research by an accomplished and published architect and architectural historian. Over 300 compelling photographs, charts, and notes make this the ultimate tool of reference for this subject. Biographies woven throughout with period norms, politics and lifestyles help to place featured skyscrapers in context. Quite simply, there is no book like this. The text, carefully and insightfully written, is clear, concise, and easily digestible, the text being the product of well-documented original research written in an informative tone. The American Skyscraper 1850-1940: A Celebration of Height is a richly documented journey of a fascinating topic, and it promises to be a superb addition to libraries, schools of architecture, students of architecture, and lovers of art.
Author : Glen E. Holt
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 28,32 MB
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN :
"This guide to some of Chicago's historic neighborhoods of the South Side is the first of what we hope will be an important series interpreting the historical processes that have formed and shaped the city's community life. Both words and images have been used to create a historical and social iconography of each of the areas covered, in the hope that this combination will not only convey the changes that have occurred in each neighborhood, but will also impart a sense of each community's uniqueness" -- from preface.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
Publisher :
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 30,97 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Government publications
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Author : Alan Blanc
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 629 pages
File Size : 38,9 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1135828407
This book provides a comprehensive guide to the successful use of steel in building and will form a unique source of inspiration and reference for all those concerned with architecture in steel.