{"product_id":"the-architecture-of-chicagos-beverly-hills-morgan-park-9781540270214","title":"The Architecture of Chicago's Beverly Hills\/Morgan Park","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Architecture of Chicago's Beverly Hills\/Morgan Park\u003c\/em\u003e is the first complete large-format visual record published of these Southwest Side twin communities in Chicago. The historic and significant architecture and distinctive landscape of these neighborhoods is gorgeously captured by Mati Maldre in hundreds of photographic plates, maps, and illustrations, supplemented by essays by Timothy Barton, Harold Wolff, Robert Wagner, and Paul Sprague.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of Chicago's most important designers are represented in this community, including Frank Lloyd Wright, George Washington Maher, Daniel H. Burnham, Robert E. Seyfarth, Dwight H. Perkins, Robert S. Smith, and Walter Burley Griffin. This community also called on noteworthy local architects, including Harry Hale Waterman, Rudolph P. Boehm, and John Todd Hetherington and his son Murray. The book also documents nationally and locally designated historic districts such as the Ridge Historic District, Longwood Drive, the Walter Burley Griffin Place District, and the Beverly\/Morgan Park Railroad Station District, as well as individual designated historic houses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mati Maldre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.23h x 8.82w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781540270214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMati Maldre\u003c\/strong\u003e is a retired professor of art\/photography at Chicago State University. He taught there and at the Beverly Arts Center for thirty-five years. He earned a BA in design from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MS in photography from the Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology. His photographs have been widely published, placed in major collections, and exhibited in the US and abroad. Maldre has photographed for the US Department the Interior's Historic American Buildings Survey, the Illinois Historic American Buildings Survey, and Chicago's Landmark Commission. Maldre is the coauthor and photographer for \u003cem\u003eWalter Burley Griffin in America\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Chicago Bungalow\u003c\/em\u003e. He also provided 113 photographs for \u003cem\u003eThe Griffins in Australia\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eand India\u003c\/em\u003e and the Beverly Hills\/Morgan Park chapter of the \u003cem\u003eAIA Guide to Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e. Maldre has received numerous commissions, awards, and honors, including a National Endowment for the Arts Grant, two Graham Foundation Individual Grants, a Graham Foundation Organization Grant for \u003cem\u003eWalter Burley Griffin in America\u003c\/em\u003e, and an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship. Currently he is the chair of the RHS\/BAPA, HBC and since 1999 is on the RHS Board of Directors. He is also on the board of directors of the Pike House Foundation, planning the future home of the Pike House Community Cultural Center in North Beverly, and he is on the board of directors of the Walter Burley Griffin Society of America. For more information: www.MatiMaldrePhotography.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mati Maldre \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48791283499165,"sku":"9781540270214","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e9d7e597-8c50-4b0f-bf1e-9616ef5f4f5b.jpg?v=1786551480","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-architecture-of-chicagos-beverly-hills-morgan-park-9781540270214","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}