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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pridmore, Jay (Author), Larson, George A., 1935- (Author)
Corporate Author: Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (Photographer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Abrams, 2018.
Edition:Third Edition.
Subjects:
Architecture > Illinois > Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Table of 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.