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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.

The Chicago School of Architecture

Author : Carl W. Condit
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226114552
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book The Chicago School of Architecture written by Carl W. Condit and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1964 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly illustrated classic study traces the history of the world-famous Chicago school of architecture from its beginnings with the functional innovations of William Le Baron Jenney and others to their imaginative development by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. The Chicago School of Architecture places the Chicago school in its historical setting, showing it at once to be the culmination of an iron and concrete construction and the chief pioneer in the evolution of modern architecture. It also assesses the achievements of the school in terms of the economic, social, and cultural growth of Chicago at the turn of the century, and it shows the ultimate meaning of the Chicago work for contemporary architecture. "A major contribution [by] one of the world's master-historians of building technique."—Reyner Banham, Arts Magazine "A rich, organized record of the distinguished architecture with which Chicago lives and influences the world."—Ruth Moore, Chicago Sun-Times

Bulletin

Author : Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin written by Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Designing Tall Buildings

Author : Mark Sarkisian
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317501586
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Designing Tall Buildings written by Mark Sarkisian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Designing Tall Buildings, an accessible reference to guide you through the fundamental principles of designing high-rises, features two new chapters, additional sections, 400 images, project examples, and updated US and international codes. Each chapter focuses on a theme central to tall-building design, giving a comprehensive overview of the related architecture and structural engineering concepts. Author Mark Sarkisian, PE, SE, LEED® AP BD+C, provides clear definitions of technical terms and introduces important equations, gradually developing your knowledge. Projects drawn from SOM’s vast portfolio of built high-rises, many of which Sarkisian engineered, demonstrate these concepts. This book advises you to consider the influence of a particular site's geology, wind conditions, and seismicity. Using this contextual knowledge and analysis, you can determine what types of structural solutions are best suited for a tower on that site. You can then conceptualize and devise efficient structural systems that are not only safe, but also constructible and economical. Sarkisian also addresses the influence of nature in design, urging you to integrate structure and architecture for buildings of superior performance, sustainability, and aesthetic excellence.

Commerce

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1484 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Commerce written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Architectural Engineering

Author : Joseph Kendall Freitag
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architectural Engineering written by Joseph Kendall Freitag and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Buildings and Building Management

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Buildings and Building Management written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1933-42 include an annual directory number; for 1959- an annual roster of realtors.

Building Construction Illustrated

Author : Francis D. K. Ching
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118044908
Total Pages : 815 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Building Construction Illustrated written by Francis D. K. Ching and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-10 with total page 815 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic visual guide to the basics of building construction, now with the most current information For nearly three decades, Building Construction Illustrated has offered an outstanding introduction to the principles of building construction. This new edition of the revered classic remains as relevant as ever-providing the latest information in Francis D.K. Ching's signature style. Its rich and comprehensive approach clearly presents all of the basic concepts underlying building construction and equips readers with useful guidelines for approaching virtually any new materials or techniques they may encounter. Laying out the material and structural choices available, it provides a full under-standing of how these choices affect a building's form and dimensions. Complete with more than 1,000 illustrations, the book moves through each of the key stages of the design process, from site selection to building components, mechanical systems, and finishes. Illustrated throughout with clear and accurate drawings that present the state of the art in construction processes and materials Updated and revised to include the latest knowledge on sustainability, incorporation of building systems, and use of new materials Archetypal drawings offer clear inspiration for designers and drafters Reflects the most current building codes and CSI Master Format numbering scheme With its comprehensive and lucid presentation of everything from foundations and floor systems to finish work, Building Construction Illustrated, Fourth Edition equips students and professionals in all areas of architecture and construction with useful guidelines for approaching virtually any new materials or techniques they may encounter in building planning, design, and construction.

The Spectator

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Spectator written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934

Author : Thomas Leslie
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252094794
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934 written by Thomas Leslie and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed tour, inside and out, of Chicago's distinctive towers from an earlier age For more than a century, Chicago's skyline has included some of the world's most distinctive and inspiring buildings. This history of the Windy City's skyscrapers begins in the key period of reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1871 and concludes in 1934 with the onset of the Great Depression, which brought architectural progress to a standstill. During this time, such iconic landmarks as the Chicago Tribune Tower, the Wrigley Building, the Marshall Field and Company Building, the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Palmolive Building, the Masonic Temple, the City Opera, Merchandise Mart, and many others rose to impressive new heights, thanks to innovations in building methods and materials. Solid, earthbound edifices of iron, brick, and stone made way for towers of steel and plate glass, imparting a striking new look to Chicago's growing urban landscape. Thomas Leslie reveals the daily struggles, technical breakthroughs, and negotiations that produced these magnificent buildings. He also considers how the city's infamous political climate contributed to its architecture, as building and zoning codes were often disputed by shifting networks of rivals, labor unions, professional organizations, and municipal bodies. Featuring more than a hundred photographs and illustrations of the city's physically impressive and beautifully diverse architecture, Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871–1934 highlights an exceptionally dynamic, energetic period of architectural progress in Chicago.

The Planning and Construction of High Office-buildings

Author : William Harvey Birkmire
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Planning and Construction of High Office-buildings written by William Harvey Birkmire and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

World's Columbian Exposition

Author : Daniel Hudson Burnham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book World's Columbian Exposition written by Daniel Hudson Burnham and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chicago 1890

Author : Joanna Merwood-Salisbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Chicago 1890 written by Joanna Merwood-Salisbury and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago's first skyscrapers are famous for projecting the city's modernity around the world. But what did they mean at home, to the Chicagoans who designed and built them, worked inside their walls, and gazed up at their façades? Answering this multifaceted question, Chicago 1890 reveals that early skyscrapers offered hotly debated solutions to the city's toughest problems and, in the process, fostered an urban culture that spread across the country. An ambitious reinterpretation of the works of Louis Sullivan, Daniel Burnham, and John Wellborn Root, this volume uses their towering achievements as a lens through which to view late nineteenth-century urban history. Joanna Merwood-Salisbury sheds new light on many of Chicago's defining events--including violent building trade strikes, the Haymarket bombing, the World's Columbian Exposition, and Burnham's Plan of Chicago--by situating the Masonic Temple, the Monadnock Building, and the Reliance Building at the center of the city's cultural and political crosscurrents. While architects and property owners saw these pioneering structures as manifestations of a robust American identity, immigrant laborers and social reformers viewed them as symbols of capitalism's inequity. Illuminated by rich material from the period's popular press and professional journals, Merwood-Salisbury's chronicle of this contentious history reveals that the skyscraper's vaunted status was never as inevitable as today's skylines suggest.

Building Houses out of Chicken Legs

Author : Psyche A. Williams-Forson
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807877352
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Building Houses out of Chicken Legs written by Psyche A. Williams-Forson and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2006-12-08 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicken--both the bird and the food--has played multiple roles in the lives of African American women from the slavery era to the present. It has provided food and a source of income for their families, shaped a distinctive culture, and helped women define and exert themselves in racist and hostile environments. Psyche A. Williams-Forson examines the complexity of black women's legacies using food as a form of cultural work. While acknowledging the negative interpretations of black culture associated with chicken imagery, Williams-Forson focuses her analysis on the ways black women have forged their own self-definitions and relationships to the "gospel bird." Exploring material ranging from personal interviews to the comedy of Chris Rock, from commercial advertisements to the art of Kara Walker, and from cookbooks to literature, Williams-Forson considers how black women arrive at degrees of self-definition and self-reliance using certain foods. She demonstrates how they defy conventional representations of blackness and exercise influence through food preparation and distribution. Understanding these complex relationships clarifies how present associations of blacks and chicken are rooted in a past that is fraught with both racism and agency. The traditions and practices of feminism, Williams-Forson argues, are inherent in the foods women prepare and serve.

Buildings and Building Management

Author : Frank J. Zorn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Buildings and Building Management written by Frank J. Zorn and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Yona Friedman

Author : Manuel Orazi
Publisher : Park Book
ISBN 13 : 9783906027685
Total Pages : 581 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (276 download)

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Download or read book Yona Friedman written by Manuel Orazi and published by Park Book. This book was released on 2015 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Yona Friedman -- Genesis of a Vision,' which was presented in 2012 at Archizoom, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. ... The first part brings together a large number of projects and proposals by Yona Friedman into a classified anthology, which includes unpublished works. The second part presents an essay by Manuel Orazi that reconstructs the many facets of Freidman's work since his formative years and places it within the political and geographical context of its time"--Last page.

Scientific American

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Scientific American written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: