Chicago architecture and design
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Chicago architecture and design

By Pridmore, Jay, author.
Larson, George A., 1935- author.
Hedrich-Blessing (Firm), photographer.

Published 2018 by Abrams, an imprint of Abrams, New York, NY

ISBN 9781419732317

Bib Id 997017

Edition Third edition.

Description 326 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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cam a22 Ii 4500
ISBN
1419732315
9781419732317 (hardcover) $60.00
Call #
720.9773 P
Title
Chicago architecture and design
Edition
Third edition.
Publication Information
2018 by Abrams, an imprint of Abrams, New York, NY :
Description
326 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-316) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Helmut Jahn -- Preface / George A. Larson -- Acknowledgments -- The roots of modern architecture -- The Chicago School -- Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School -- From arts and crafts to Art Deco -- The meaning of Mies and the rise of modernism -- Modern and postmodern Chicago -- Chicago's second modern period -- In harmony with nature and the past.
Summary
Chronicles Chicago's architectural tradition for the nineteenth through the early twenty-first centuries of the finest buildings from the viewpoint of interior architecture, including Tribune Tower, Harold Washington Library, and State of Illinois building.

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