Building Ideas - An Architectural Guide to the University of Chicago

A photographic guide that traces the evolution of University of Chicago's campus architecture from the university's founding in 1890 to its plans for the twenty-first century. It features the work of architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Ives Cobb, Holabird & Roche, Eero Saarinen, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Netsch, and, Cesar Pelli.

About the author

Jay Pridmore is the author or coauthor of many books, including Chicago Architecture and Design; The University of Chicago: The Campus Guide; Shanghai: The Architecture of China's Great Urban Center; and The American Bicycle. He has worked as a journalist in Chicago and has written extensively about architecture. Tom Rossiter is a photographer and filmmaker as well as a registered architect and fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

Summary

A photographic guide that traces the evolution of University of Chicago's campus architecture from the university's founding in 1890 to its plans for the twenty-first century. It features the work of architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Ives Cobb, Holabird & Roche, Eero Saarinen, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Netsch, and, Cesar Pelli.

Product details

• Authors: Jay Pridmore, PRIDMORE JAY, PRIDMORE JAY ROSSITER TOM PHT
• Assisted by: Tom Rossiter (Photographs)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.08.2013
• EAN: 9780226046808
• ISBN: 978-0-226-04680-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Hochschulbildung, Fort- und Weiterbildung, Architecture, Illinois, Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc, ARCHITECTURE / Regional, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, EDUCATION / Higher, universities, Higher education, tertiary education, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher