Judith Paine Mcbrien

Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture (Norton Pocket Guides) (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: DeSalvo, John F.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780393733846
• Artikelnr.: 59588896

Autorenporträt

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.