
Chicago Architecture
Histories, Revisions, Alternatives
University of Chicago Press
Published on 15. March 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
442 pages
978-0-226-87039-7 (ISBN)
Description
Chicago is synonymous with modern architecture - the birthplace of the skyscraper, the cradle of twentieth-century American design, and the home of enduring works by such iconic figures as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright. However, in "Chicago Architecture", Charles Waldheim and Katerina Ruedi Ray revise and offer alternatives to the archetypal story of modern architecture in Chicago. An esteemed group of contributors here show that the mythic status of Chicago architecture has distorted our understanding of the historical circumstances in which it was realized. This volume of fascinating essays illuminates the importance of photographs, books, magazines, and other media in the cultivation of an international audience for Chicago architecture; it explores the pivotal role of real estate developers, the finance and insurance sectors, and speculative capital markets in the development of the city itself; and, perhaps most notably, it examines a wide variety of overlooked architectural works, including "Marina City" and "O'Hare Airport", and their creators - lesser-known women architects and individuals who did not fit into the dominant modernist narrative.
"Chicago Architecture" is a work of enormous scope and vision - a book as heady and towering as the skyline it considers.
"Chicago Architecture" is a work of enormous scope and vision - a book as heady and towering as the skyline it considers.
Reviews / Votes
"It is hard to believe that there is anything new to say about the development of modern architecture in Chicago in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.... However, this fascinating and important book demonstrates how wrong that belief is." - Choice"More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 25 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
1247 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-87039-7 (9780226870397)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Charles Waldheim is associate professor of architecture and director of the Master of Landscape Architecture Program at the University of Toronto. Katerina Ruedi Ray is professor in and director of the School of Art at Bowling Green State University.