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Chicago architecture and design, 1923-1993 : reconfiguration of an American metropolis
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An in-depth survey of the formative years of Chicago's modern architecture and design from 1923-1993.
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- edited by John Zukowsky ; with essays by Mark J. Bouman, David Brodherson, Robert Bruegmann, Dennis P. Doordan, Neil Harris, Victor Margolin, Ross Miller, Deborah Fulton Rau, Sidney K. Robinson, Pauline Saliga, Franz Schulze, R. Stephen Sennott, Stanley Tigerman, Carol Willis, Wim de Wit, and John Zukowsky
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- Chicago architecture, 1872-1922
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- English
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- Munich, Germany : Prestel ; Chicago, Ill. : Art Institute of Chicago, [1993]
- ©1993
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- 479 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm
- ISBNs
- 3791312510, 9783791312514, 0865591091, 9780865591097, 3791323458, 9783791323459
- OCLC
- ocm28453469
- Exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, June 12-Aug. 29, 1993.
- Companion volume to: Chicago architecture, 1872-1922.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Also issued online.
- 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 / John Zukowsky -- Architecture and Infrastructure. "The Best Lighted City in the World" : The Construction of a Nocturnal Landscape in Chicago / Mark J. Bouman ; "Forever Inadequate to the Rising Stream" : Dream Cities, Automobiles, and Urban Street Mobility in Central Chicago / R. Stephen Sennott ; "All Airplanes Lead to Chicago" : Airport Planning and Design in a Midwest Metropolis / David Brodherson -- The Commercial City. The Making of the Merchandise Mart, 1927-1931 : Air Rights and the Plan of Chicago / Deborah Fulton Rau ; Light, Height, and Site : The Skyscraper in Chicago / Carol Willis ; Mies van der Rohe in America / Franz Schulze -- The City and the Suburb. Schaumburg, Oak Brook, Rosemont, and the Recentering of the Chicago Metropolitan Area / Robert Bruegmann ; The City That Shops : Chicago's Retailing Landscape / Neil Harris ; The Postwar Modern House in Chicago / Sidney K. Robinson --
- Architecture and Politics. Exhihiting Progress : Italy's Contribution to the Century of Progress Exposition / Dennis P. Doordan ; The Rise of Public Housing in Chicago, 1930-1960 / Wim de Wit ; City Hall and the Architecture of Power : The Rise and Fall of the Dearborn Corridor / Ross Miller -- Design in Chicago. "To Build a Better Mousetrap" : Design in Chicago, 1920-1970 / Pauline Saliga ; Graphic Design in Chicago / Victor Margolin -- The Legacy of Chicago Arthiecture. Helmut Jahn and the Line of Succession / Ross Miller ; Chicago Architects : Genealogy and Exegesis / Stanley Tigerman -- Plates. Urban Images ; Transportation ; Institutions and Government ; Commerce and Business ; Industry ; Shopping ; Houses and Housing ; Recreation -- Catalogue / by John Zukowsky -- Biographical Glossary / by Maurice Blanks