Chicago Architecture Histories, Revisions, Alternatives

Name: Chicago Architecture Histories, Revisions, Alternatives
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ISBN: 9780226870397

ISBN-10: 0226870391

ISBN-13: 9780226870397

Edition: 2007

Authors: Charles Waldheim, Katerina Ruedi Ray

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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, inChicago Architecture, Charles Waldheim and Katerina Rüedi 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…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 3/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 442
Size: 0.85" wide x 1.00" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 2.750
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Chicago Is History




Revisions



Western Architecture: Regionalism and Race in theInland Architect




Myth of the Chicago School




The Centrality of the Columbian Exposition in the History of Chicago Architecture




William Le Baron Jenney Chicago's West Parks: From Prairies to Pleasure-Grounds




Does Frank Lloyd Wright Belong in Chicago's Architectural History?




Preservation and Renewal in Post-World War II Chicago




More than Mies: Architecture of Chicago Multifamily Housing, 1935-65




Selling Mies




Inside Mies: Living at 860/880 Lake Shore




Alternatives



1614 North Hermitage Avenue: Painting as Inscription




A Century of Progress: An Alternate




Only Girl Architect Lonely




Marion Mahoney Griffin: The Chicago Years




The Third Chicago School? Marking Sexual and Ethnic Identity




The Chicago Parks: Tableaus of Naturalization




The Architectural Photography of Hedrich-Blessing




Forms of the Grid




Wish You Were Here: Alvin Boyarsky's Picture Postcards




Bertrand Goldberg: A Personal View of Architecture




Making Marina City: Men, Money, Masquerade and Modernity




Walter Netsch: Field Theory




Systematic Genius: Walter Netsch and the Architecture of Bureaucracy




Opposing Mies: The Triangular Constructs of




Diminishing High-Rise Public Housing




Understanding Chicago's High-Rise Public Housing




Bas-Relief Urbanism: Chicago's Figured Field




From Operational Anonymity to Brand Identity: Chicago O'Hare




From Flesh to Fiberglass: "Cows on Parade" in Chicago



Notes


List of Contributors


Index