Chicago Tribune Tower Competition Skyscraper Design and Cultural Change in The 1920s

Name: Chicago Tribune Tower Competition Skyscraper Design and Cultural Change in The 1920s
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ISBN: 9780226768007

ISBN-10: 0226768007

ISBN-13: 9780226768007

Edition: 2003

Authors: Katherine Solomonson

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Katharine Solomonson tells the story of the 1922 competition to design the Chicago Tribune new corporate headquarters. She demonstrates how the competition was used to position the Tribune as a defining civil institution.

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/15/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 0.69" wide x 1.00" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 2.024
Language: English




Planning the competition



'Class appeal' for the masses: imagining community



Conducting the competition: shaping an international agenda



In the public eye: design for advertising



'Ancient beauty' versus 'ultra modern': the problem of style and the meanings of gothic



City of towers: transforming the skyscraper



Tribune tower: constructing the icon