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Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture Judith Paine McBrien

Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture By Judith Paine McBrien

Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture by Judith Paine McBrien


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A handy guidebook that profiles a building per page, with a drawing and vital statistics on most of Chicago's major historic and modern buildings.-Chicago Tribune

Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture Summary

Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture by Judith Paine McBrien

Updated and expanded to chart the changing urban landscape of Chicago--as well as to incorporate a section on Chicago's campus architecture, including works by Rem Koolhaas at the Illinois Institute of Technology and Frank Lloyd Wright at the University of Chicago--the second edition of this popular handbook is a perfect companion for walking tours and an excellent source of background information for exploring the internationally acclaimed architecture of Chicago. Over 100 highlights of downtown Chicago are covered, from Michigan Avenue to the riverfront to the Loop, with accompanying maps, a glossary of architectural terms, and an index of architects and buildings.

Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture Reviews

No other volume so clearly or concisely summarizes the outstanding buildings of Chicago and sets them within the supremely important role that Chicago has played in the evolution of modern urban development. -- IA: Journal of the Society for Industrial Archaeology

About Judith Paine McBrien

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 is the recipient of the Society of Architectural Historians 2013 Award for Excellence in Architectural Media for a lifetime of documentary and interpretive filmmaking, including her PBS film, Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City. 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.

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GOR009569269
9780393731552
0393731553
Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture by Judith Paine McBrien
Used - Good
Paperback
WW Norton & Co
20041109
176
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