Chicago Architecture and Design, 1923-1993: Reconfiguration of an American Metropolis

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Edité par Prestel, Munich and Chicago, 1993

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Cloth, 479 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 30 cm. Companion volume to: Chicago Architecture, 1872-1922, an exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, June 12 to August 29, 1993. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Profusely illustrated. *** CONTENTS: Foreword, by James N. Wood; Acknowledgments, by John Zukowsky; INTRODUCTION. The Burden of History: Chicago Architecture before and after the Great Depression and World War II, by John Zukowsk. ARCHITECTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE. "The Best Lighted City in the World": The Construction of a Nocturnal Landscape in Chicago, by Mark J. Bouman; "Forever Inadequate to the Rising Stream": Dream Cities, Automobiles, and Urban Street Mobility in Central Chicago, by R. Stephen Sennott; "All Airplanes Lead to Chicago": Airport Planning and Design in a Midwest Metropolis, by David Brodherson. THE COMMERCIAL CITY. The Making of the Merchandise Mart, 1927-1931: Air Rights and the Plan of Chicago, by Deborah Fulton Rau; Light, Height, and Site: The Skyscraper in Chicago, by Carol Willis; Mies van der Rohe in America, by Franz Schulze. THE CITY AND THE SUBURB. Schaumburg, Oak Brook, Rosemont, and the Recentering of the Chicago Metropolitan Area, by Robert Bruegmann; The City That Shops: Chicago's Retailing Landscape, by Neil Harris; The Postwar Modern House in Chicago, by Sidney K. Robinson. ARCHITECTURE AND POLITICS. Exhihiting Progress: Italy's Contribution to the Century of Progress Exposition, by Dennis P. Doordan; The Rise of Public Housing in Chicago, 1930-1960, by Wim de Wit; City Hall and the Architecture of Power: The Rise and Fall of the Dearborn Corridor, by Ross Miller. DESIGN IN CHICAGO. "To Build a Better Mousetrap": Design in Chicago, 1920-1970, by Pauline Saliga; Graphic Design in Chicago, by Victor Margolin. The Legacy of Chicago: Genealogy and Exegesis, by Stanley Tigerman; Plates. Urban Images; Transportation; Institutions and Government; Commerce and Business; Industrcago Arthiecture. Helmut Jahn and the Line of Succession, by Ross Miller; Chicago Architects; Shopping; Houses and Housing; Recreation. Catalogue, by John Zukowsky. Biographical Glossary, by Maurice Blanks. Size: 4to.…

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Titre
Chicago Architecture and Design, 1923-1993: Reconfiguration of an American Metropolis
Auteur
Zukowsky, John (Edited by); Bouman, Mark J., et al. (Essays by)
Éditeur
Prestel, Munich and Chicago
Année de publication
1993
État de l'article
Near Fine
Jaquette
Fine
Type de livre
Collectible
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
3791312510
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9783791312514
Édition
1st.
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