Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture

Updated and expanded to chart Chicago's evolving urban landscape, the third edition of this popular handbook is...
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Author: Judith Paine McBrien
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Language: English
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Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture by McBrien, Judith Paine

Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture

$52.70

Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture

$52.70
Author: Judith Paine McBrien
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Judith Paine McBrien
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/23/2014
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780393733938

About the Author
McBrien, Judith Paine: - 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.DeSalvo, John F.: - 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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