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The Architecture of Chicago's Loop

Author : Frances H. Steiner
Publisher : SIGMA Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Architecture of Chicago's Loop written by Frances H. Steiner and published by SIGMA Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ideal guide for architects, builders, and all those who are passionate about architecture, this book takes the reader through the architecture of buildings in the heart of Chicago while providing a lesson in art history. Most of the inventions of modern architecture were born and tested in Chicago, from the balloon frame to the earliest skyscrapers providing a foundation for the newest generation of buildings that seemed to touch the sky. While many architectural books focus on exterior beauty, this book examines each building's unique inner structure. Maps land photos guide the reader through this outdoor architectural museum.

An Early Encounter with Tomorrow

Author : Arnold Lewis
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252023057
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book An Early Encounter with Tomorrow written by Arnold Lewis and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago in the late nineteenth century was the wonder city of the Western world, its famous Loop the laboratory in which to study innovative commercial architecture. There, Old World assumptions were overthrown by New World realities, as the past was discounted, the present glorified, and the future eagerly anticipated.

The Loop

Author : Patrick T. Reardon
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809338114
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Loop written by Patrick T. Reardon and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The structure that anchors Chicago Every day Chicagoans rely on the loop of elevated train tracks to get to their jobs, classrooms, or homes in the city’s downtown. But how much do they know about the single most important structure in the history of the Windy City? In engagingly brisk prose, Patrick T. Reardon unfolds the fascinating story about how Chicago’s elevated Loop was built, gave its name to the downtown, helped unify the city, saved the city’s economy, and was itself saved from destruction in the 1970s. This unique volume combines urban history, biography, engineering, architecture, transportation, culture, and politics to explore the elevated Loop’s impact on the city’s development and economy and on the way Chicagoans see themselves. The Loop rooted Chicago’s downtown in a way unknown in other cities, and it protected that area—and the city itself—from the full effects of suburbanization during the second half of the twentieth century. Masses of data underlie new insights into what has made Chicago’s downtown, and the city as a whole, tick. The Loop features a cast of colorful Chicagoans, such as legendary lawyer Clarence Darrow, poet Edgar Lee Masters, mayor Richard J. Daley, and the notorious Gray Wolves of the Chicago City Council. Charles T. Yerkes, an often-demonized figure, is shown as a visionary urban planner, and engineer John Alexander Low Waddell, a world-renowned bridge creator, is introduced to Chicagoans as the designer of their urban railway. This fascinating exploration of how one human-built structure reshaped the social and economic landscape of Chicago is the definitive book on Chicago’s elevated Loop.

Chicago's Loop

Author : Janice A. Knox
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738519685
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Chicago's Loop written by Janice A. Knox and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago's famed "Loop" is said to have gotten its name from the route of a cable car that looped the central business district in 1882. Since then, much has changed. This book captures the evolving urban landscape of the Chicago Loop, with a collection of over 100 vintage images, each coupled with its contemporary counterpart. Few cities are as renowned for their architecture as is Chicago. The impressive skyscrapers in and around the Loop give Chicago a skyline second to none. And with more than three dozen historic landmarks, the Loop is home to many of the city's most recognized structures. From a 19th century trading post to the great financial, business, and entertainment districts of the 21st century, Chicago's Loop: Then and Now documents the growth and changes of the Windy City's downtown.

The Loop

Author : Kai Horstmannshoff
Publisher : Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner
ISBN 13 : 9783837640229
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Loop written by Kai Horstmannshoff and published by Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner. This book was released on 2017-06-17 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Loop: Chicago Architecture and the Social Imaginary discusses the social function of architecture. Through close readings of skyscrapers, opera houses, and urban parks in Chicago, Kai Horstmannshoff develops a theoretical framework that allows his readers to understand architectural styles as concrete expressions of historically shifting conceptions of the human, matter, space, and time. As such, the book appeals to both a general public interested in exploring what architecture means and experts working in the fields of aesthetic theory, art history, and cultural studies.

Chicago in and Around the Loop

Author : Gerard R. Wolfe
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780071422369
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Chicago in and Around the Loop written by Gerard R. Wolfe and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2004 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along the Chicago river. The magnificent mile and streeterville. South of the loop: printers row. Grant park to the museum campus.

Four Landmark Buildings in Chicago's Loop

Author : Harry Weese and Associates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Four Landmark Buildings in Chicago's Loop written by Harry Weese and Associates and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Chicago School of Architecture

Author : Rolf Achilles
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0747813817
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book The Chicago School of Architecture written by Rolf Achilles and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The birth of the skyscraper in Chicago in the mid-1880s introduced a new direction for city architecture: upwards. But how-and why- was it that Chicago set the standard for high-rise buildings, not only across the USA but all over the world? Rolf Achilles here introduces the style of the First Chicago School from 1880 to 1910, explaining the innovative use of iron frames for strength, height and openness, and the ubiquity of gridded window arrangements. With reference to such famous architects as William Le Baron Jenny and Frank Lloyd Wright, and colorful pictures of, among many others, the Reliance, Brooks and Marquette buildings, this book is a fascinating exploration of the structures that helped to give Chicago its identity, and the world a new way of building.

The Skyscraper

Author : Paul Goldberger
Publisher : Lane, Allen
ISBN 13 : 9780713914757
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book The Skyscraper written by Paul Goldberger and published by Lane, Allen. This book was released on 1982 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture (Norton Pocket Guides)

Author : Judith Paine McBrien
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039373384X
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (937 download)

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Book Synopsis Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture (Norton Pocket Guides) by : Judith Paine McBrien

Download or read book Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture (Norton Pocket Guides) written by Judith Paine McBrien and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-12-19 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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 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.

Southern Exposure

Author : Lee Bey
Publisher : Second to None: Chicago Storie
ISBN 13 : 9780810140981
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Southern Exposure written by Lee Bey and published by Second to None: Chicago Storie. This book was released on 2019 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southern Exposure is the definitive guide to the often overlooked architectural riches of Chicago's South Side by architecture expert and former Chicago Sun-Times architecture writer Lee Bey.

The Auditorium Building

Author : Jay Pridmore
Publisher : Pomegranate
ISBN 13 : 9780764924965
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (249 download)

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Download or read book The Auditorium Building written by Jay Pridmore and published by Pomegranate. This book was released on 2003 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commissioned by Ferdinand Peck and produced by architects Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler--soon to be leaders of the Chicago School--in 1889, the Auditorium Building was a wondrous complex, housing a hotel, offices, stores, and a theater. Adler's engineering skills overcame the problem of a foundation that had to support an unevenly distributed weight; Sullivan designed the stunning theater, which was spanned by four elliptical arches studded with 3,500 incandescent electric lights and decorated with gold leaf. Adler created a hydraulic stage--with twenty-six lifts--and one of the first air-conditioning systems in a public building. Among the many design features in the interior of the Auditorium were murals, onyx, marble, open loggias, stained glass, filigreed vents, wainscoting, and bronze-plated posts. Scholars considered the Auditorium Building the most important single structure in Chicago. The Auditorium thrived until its closing in 1940. In 1946 Roosevelt University purchased the building, and the Auditorium Theatre Council restored the theater to its former glory. Today, the Auditorium Building is thriving as a showcase for major theatrical events, Roosevelt University concerts, and other events.

Four Landmark Buildings in Chicago's Loop

Author : Harry Weese and Associates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book Four Landmark Buildings in Chicago's Loop written by Harry Weese and Associates and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chicago in and Around the Loop

Author : Gerard R. Wolfe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (826 download)

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Download or read book Chicago in and Around the Loop written by Gerard R. Wolfe and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Walking Chicago

Author : Ryan Ver Berkmoes
Publisher : Wilderness Press
ISBN 13 : 0899975682
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Walking Chicago written by Ryan Ver Berkmoes and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walk the streets of Chicago and discover why the town that brought us Michael Jordan, Al Capone, and Oprah is anything but a "Second City." Chicago's diverse neighborhoods represent a true melting pot of America--from Little Italy to Greektown, Chinatown to New Chinatown, and La Villita to the Ukrainian Village. It's also the most walkable city in the country, with flat streets laid out in a sensible grid and 21 miles of stunning lakeshore. The 31 walks described here include trivia about architecture, political gossip, and the city's rich history, plus where to dine, get the best deep-dish pizza, visit world-class museums, have a drink, and shop.

Guide to Chicago's Twenty-First-Century Architecture

Author : Chicago Architecture Center
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252052625
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis Guide to Chicago's Twenty-First-Century Architecture by : Chicago Architecture Center

Download or read book Guide to Chicago's Twenty-First-Century Architecture written by Chicago Architecture Center and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring a new century of architecture in the Windy City Chicago's wealth of architectural treasures makes it one of the world's majestic cityscapes. Published in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Center, this easy-to-use guide invites you to discover the new era of twenty-first-century architecture in the Windy City via two hundred architecturally significant buildings and spaces in the city and suburbs. Features include: Entries organized by neighborhood Maps with easy-to-locate landmarks and mass transit options Background on each entry, including the design architect, name and address, description, and other essential information Sidebars on additional sites and projects A detailed supplemental section with a glossary, selected bibliography, and indexes by architect, building name, and building type Up-to-date and illustrated with almost four hundred color photos, the Guide to Chicago's Twenty-First-Century Architecture takes travelers and locals on a journey into an ever-changing architectural mecca.

Pocket Guide To Chicago Architecture

Author : Judith Paine Mcbrien
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393733939
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Pocket Guide To Chicago Architecture written by Judith Paine Mcbrien and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 100 highlights of downtown Chicago, from Michigan Avenue to the riverfront to the Loop. Updated and expanded to chart Chicago’s evolving urban landscape, the third edition of this popular handbook is the perfect companion for self-guided walking tours, as well as an excellent source of information for those wishing to explore the internationally acclaimed architecture of Chicago. Over 100 highlights of the downtown area are covered, with accompanying maps, a glossary of architectural terms, and an index of architects and buildings designed to orient the reader along architectural routes from Michigan Avenue to the Riverfront to the Loop. Also included in this third edition is a fourth section highlighting the city’s diverse campus architecture, from work by Mies van der Rohe and Rem Koolhaas at the Illinois Institute of Technology to the Hyde Park neighborhood of the University of Chicago, where Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House stands.