A compact guide to Chicago's architecture, this book illustrates and describes more than 100 highlights of downtown Chicago, from the lakefront to Michigan Avenue to the Loop, including works both historic and modern.
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Handy guidebook that profiles...buildings...with a drawing and vital statistics on most of Chicago's major historic and modern buildings. (Chicago Tribune)
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Architectural historian Judith Paine McBrien, author of the best-selling Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture, directs the Archimedia Workshop, which produces films and media about architecture, development, and urban design. She lives in Wilmette, Illinois.
John F. DeSalvo, illustrator of the Pocket Guides, is a registered architect. He previously worked in Berlin with Foster & Partners and Murphy/Jahn. Now based in Chicago, he is a practicing architect and teaches architectural design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
John F. DeSalvo, illustrator of the Pocket Guides, is a registered architect. He previously worked in Berlin with Foster & Partners and Murphy/Jahn. Now based in Chicago, he is a practicing architect and teaches architectural design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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A Traveler's Bonanza,
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As a long-time fan of Access Guides and of the city of Chicago, I was pleased to find this pocket guide to Chicago architecture. Loved the history and all the visual detail "explained" that made it easy for me to visit and observe. This is a "must-have" for visitors and architecture buffs as well. It spurred me on to pick up the "skyline Chicago" videos. As well done as any Ken Burns documentary, these are great -- loved Chicago's Neighborhoods in particular.
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Indispensible, entertaining guide to Chicago's Architecture,
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An excellent and concise guide to the astonishing buildings to be found in downtown Chicago. The book covers the great buildings of the 19th century to modern skyscrapers by Mies, SOM, Murphy/ Jahn, KPF, Perkins & Will, et. al.The book is great because of its clear structure and handy size; downtown is divided into 3 neighborhoods each with their own map with buildings keyed by number. The 100+ buildings are then each given their own page w/ an architects fine line drawing of the building (some with close up details) on top and description below. There's also a glossary of Chicago archi-terms and everything is indexed by building and architect. The writing is user-friendly and often very entertaining -- brief historical backround of building and architect, followed by incisive an commentary as to WHY the building is famous and how it fits into the ongoing story of Chicago's architecture. One of the best portable guides to buildings that I have used in any city--highly recommended.
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I found this to be a very concise guide of relevant architectural landmarks for any visit to Chicago. This book provides architectural renderings and brief (half-page) histories of each building, and groups them into sections based on the order in which visitors to Chicago are likely to view them. This is a good supplement to any architectural tours of Chicago that may be taken. The glossary provides definitions and sometimes line drawings of architectural elements that novices to architecture would find informative and there is an index for architects and for buildings so that each can be referenced separately. A very good quick reference book for Chicago architecture. I know mine will be going with me on my next trip to Chicago.
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When this massive, 25-story hotel was completed in the Roaring Twenties, it was the largest in the world, with 3,000 guest rooms, an eighteen-hole rooftop golf course, and its own hospital. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Chicago River, North Michigan Avenue, State Street, Beaux Arts, Daniel Burnham, Harry Weese, Plan of Chicago, Illinois Center, Louis Sullivan, Madison Street, Sears Tower, West Wacker Drive, Art Deco, Bruce Graham, Lake Michigan, Merchandise Mart, South Wacker Drive, Tribune Tower, Chicago Tribune, Cityfront Center, Northwestern Atrium, South Dearborn Street, Montgomery Ward, Murphy Associates, Riverside Plaza New!
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When this massive, 25-story hotel was completed in the Roaring Twenties, it was the largest in the world, with 3,000 guest rooms, an eighteen-hole rooftop golf course, and its own hospital. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
successor firm, skeleton frame, arched entry Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chicago River, North Michigan Avenue, State Street, Beaux Arts, Daniel Burnham, Harry Weese, Plan of Chicago, Illinois Center, Louis Sullivan, Madison Street, Sears Tower, West Wacker Drive, Art Deco, Bruce Graham, Lake Michigan, Merchandise Mart, South Wacker Drive, Tribune Tower, Chicago Tribune, Cityfront Center, Northwestern Atrium, South Dearborn Street, Montgomery Ward, Murphy Associates, Riverside Plaza New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Plan of Chicago by Daniel Burnham on 10 pages
- Lake Michigan And Other Poems by Jared Smith on page 100
- The Four Seasons by Mary Alice Monroe on page 85
- Marc Chagall: An Intimate Biography by Sidney Alexander on page 55
- Frank Lloyd Wright (Genius! Series) by Wendy Buehr Murphy on page 27
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- Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture by Judith Paine McBrien in Front Matter
- Oddball Illinois: A Guide to Some Really Strange Places (Oddball States) by Jerome Pohlen in Back Matter
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