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Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934

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Informationen zum Autor Thomas Leslie, AIA, is the Pickard Chilton Professor of Architecture at Iowa State University and the author of Louis I. Kahn: Building Art, Building Science. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Highlights an exceptionally dynamic! energetic period of architectural progress in Chicago.

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Authors Thomas Leslie, Leslie Thomas
Publisher University Of Illinois Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.05.2013
 
EAN 9780252037542
ISBN 978-0-252-03754-2
No. of pages 264
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture

19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Zwischen den Weltkriegen (1919 bis 1939 n. Chr.), 1900 bis 1909 n. Chr., 1910 bis 1919 n. Chr., Illinois

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