Architecture Books
Fagbokforlaget Some Houses
Book SynopsisHumans excel at designing and constructing technological marvels like cars and aeroplanes. Yet, when it comes to the very houses we live in, do we apply the same level of creativity and bold innovation? Or are we too constrained by notions of how we think things ought to be?In this beautiful book, architect and professor Fredrik Lund explores the concept of constructing homes that not only offer a refuge of tranquillity in our hectic, modern lives but also blur the boundaries between indoor and outdoor living. Imagine houses with internal gardens, spaces that exist in a liminal state between inside and outsidewhere being indoors feels like an embrace with nature.Lund presents a unique approach to designing homes, drawing inspiration from the traditional Norwegian outbuildings, barns, and sawmills. He invites the reader into a vibrant world of unexpected delights, masterful woodwork, poetic expression, and an enhanced quality of life nestled in silence. Through his adept use of simple lines, Lund brings these houses to life, making them both accessible and vivid.
£49.30
Mondadori Electa Villa Albani Torlonia: The Cradle of
Book SynopsisVilla Albani Torlonia, with its collections, the Italian garden, and the hemicycle of the Kaffeehaus, is a sublime testimony of that particular antiquarian taste which came to the fore in the mid-eighteenth century, that for which Rome became a favourite destination on the Grand Tour. The classicist dream of Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692 1779), was preserved thanks to the Torlonia family, who purchased the villa in 1866, enlarging the collection and the gardens and restoring the most important cardinal residence of the eighteenth century. More than 300 images by the great Italian master Massimo Listri recount the history of this extraordinary cultural heritage for the very first time. An immersive journey leads the reader between its collections of ancient masterpieces. Statues, bas-reliefs, and fountains are ensconced between the various buildings and gardens of the villa in a composition of environments, landscapes, and works of art forever waiting to be discovered.
£93.75
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Art Deco Tiles 705 Shire Library
Book SynopsisArt Deco was arguably the twentieth century''s most popular and memorable design movement, and has come to define the inter-war period with its clean sleek lines, streamlined shapes, bold abstract forms and bright colours. Art Deco Tiles charts the impact of this daring new style on the production of tiles and architectural faience in Britain: it shows how they were made and decorated, examines the output of firms like Carter, Pilkington''s and Doulton, and describes the innovations introduced by creative designers like Edward Bawden and Dora Batty. With photographs of the work individually and in situ in buildings and homes, the author examines the diverse range of animal, floral, human and abstract Art Deco designs.Table of ContentsIntroduction / Precursors / Decoration Techniques / Manufacturers and Designers / Styles and Subject Matter / Architectural Applications / Collecting / Further Reading / Index
£8.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc Study Guide for The Codes Guidebook for Interiors
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction VII Section 1: Key Terms By Chapter 1 Chapter 1 About the Codes 1 Chapter 2 Accessibility 1 Chapter 3 Occupancy Classifications and Loads 2 Chapter 4 Construction Types and Building Sizes 2 Chapter 5 Means of Egress 3 Chapter 6 Fire and Smoke Resistant Assemblies 3 Chapter 7 Fire Protection Systems 4 Chapter 8 Plumbing and Mechanical Requirements 5 Chapter 9 Electrical and Communication Requirements 5 Chapter 10 Finish and Furniture Selection 6 Chapter 11 Code Officials and the Code Process 7 Section 2: Short-Answer Questions 9 Chapter 1 About the Codes 9 Chapter 2 Accessibility 12 Chapter 3 Occupancy Classifications and Loads 16 Chapter 4 Construction Types and Building Sizes 22 Chapter 5 Means of Egress 25 Chapter 6 Fire and Smoke Resistant Assemblies 32 Chapter 7 Fire Protection Systems 38 Chapter 8 Plumbing and Mechanical Requirements 41 Chapter 9 Electrical and Communication Requirements 47 Chapter 10 Finish and Furniture Selection 51 Chapter 11 Code Officials and the Code Process 58 Section 3: Study Problems 63 Chapter 1 About the Codes 63 Chapter 2 Accessibility 65 Chapter 3 Occupancy Classifications and Loads 66 Chapter 4 Construction Types and Building Sizes 74 Chapter 5 Means of Egress 76 Chapter 6 Fire and Smoke Resistant Assemblies 82 Chapter 7 Fire Protection Systems 85 Chapter 8 Plumbing and Mechanical Requirements 88 Chapter 9 Electrical and Communication Requirements 94 Chapter 10 Finish and Furniture Selection 96 Chapter 11 Code Officials and the Code Process 100 Section 4: Answers To Short-Answer Questions 101 Chapter 1 About the Codes 101 Chapter 2 Accessibility 103 Chapter 3 Occupancy Classifications and Loads 105 Chapter 4 Construction Types and Building Sizes 109 Chapter 5 Means of Egress 110 Chapter 6 Fire and Smoke Resistant Assemblies 113 Chapter 7 Fire Protection Systems 116 Chapter 8 Plumbing and Mechanical Requirements 118 Chapter 9 Electrical and Communication Requirements 121 Chapter 10 Finish and Furniture Selection 124 Chapter 11 Code Officials and the Code Process 127 Section 5: Answers To Study Problems 131 Chapter 1 About the Codes 131 Chapter 2 Accessibility 132 Chapter 3 Occupancy Classifications and Loads 133 Chapter 4 Construction Types and Building Sizes 139 Chapter 5 Means of Egress 141 Chapter 6 Fire and Smoke Resistant Assemblies 147 Chapter 7 Fire Protection Systems 150 Chapter 8 Plumbing and Mechanical Requirements 151 Chapter 9 Electrical and Communication Requirements 154 Chapter 10 Finish and Furniture Selection 155 Chapter 11 Code Officials and the Code Process 158 Appendix A Code Tables 159 Appendix B Full-Size Checklists 181 Notes 201
£33.20
Penguin Putnam Inc The Heights
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The University of Chicago Press Purging the Poorest
Book SynopsisOffers a narrative of the seventy-five-year struggle to house the deserving poor. This title offers the novel concept of design politics to show how issues of architecture and urbanism are intimately bound up in thinking about policy.Trade Review"Purging the Poorest advances a fresh and convincing periodization of the history of American public housing that illuminates clear patterns in the program's convoluted past. Lawrence J. Vale's treatment of this subject is the most original and significant I have read." (Gail Radford, author of Modern Housing for America)"
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The University of Chicago Press CloseUp How to Read the American City Phoenix
Book SynopsisGrady Clay looks hard at the landscape, finding out who built what and why, noticing who participates in a city's success and who gets left in a 'sink,' or depressed (often literally) area. Clay doesn't stay in the city; he looks at industrial towns, truck stops, suburbsnearly anywhere people live or work. His style is witty and readable, and the book is crammed with illustrations that clarify his points. If I had to pick up one book to guide my observations of the American scene, this would be it.Sonia Simone, Whole Earth ReviewThe emphasis on the informal aspects of city-shapingtopographical, historical, economic and socialdoes much to counteract the formalist approach to American urban design. Close-Up...should be required reading for anyone wishing to understand Americans and their cities.Roger Cunliffe, Architectural ReviewClose-Up is a provocative and stimulating book.Thomas J. Schlereth, Winterthur PortfolioWithin this coherent string of essays, the urban dweller or observer, as
£27.00
The University of Chicago Press The Modernist City An Anthropological Critique of
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£43.00
The University of Chicago Press On the Animation of the Inorganic Art
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The University of Chicago Press Terror and Wonder
Book SynopsisOffers a look at the extraordinary ways that architecture mirrors our values - and shapes our everyday lives. This title gathers the best of the author's writings along with reflections on an era framed by the destruction of the World Trade Center and the opening of the world's tallest skyscraper.Trade Review"An elegant and thought-provoking book.... Crisp and colorful, expert and witty, Kamin's involving essays address the complexities of architecture and how the built world affects every aspect of life." (Booklist) "Chicago is lucky to have Kamin, whose architectural criticism in that city's Tribune continues the spirited tradition of Allan Temko and Ada Louise Huxtable. This collection from the past decade shows a deft eye for the latest Windy City tower but also the larger weave of culture and design." (San Francisco Chronicle) "Kamin is a keen, trenchant observer of the contemporary urban scene, and his engaging criticism enjoys a welcome second life in this anthology." (Choice) "A highly informative and accessible survey of the architecture and planning of the past decade.... Poignant and timely." (Architect's Newspaper) "[Kamin] reminds us of the role buildings have in our economic and physical environment and how the past decade has changed how we interact with the structures around us." (Kai Ryssdal, Marketplace, Best Books of 2010) "Blair Kamin, Pulitzer Prize - winning architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune, thoughtfully and provocatively defines the emotional and cultural dimensions of architecture. He is one of the nation's leading voices for design that uplifts and enhances life as well as the environment. Terror and Wonder assembles some of his best writing from the past ten years." (Huffington Post)"
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The University of Chicago Press The Hindu Temple
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The University of Chicago Press Building Globalization Transnational Architecture
Book SynopsisFrom the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of an extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by architectural firms overseas. This title scrutinizes the growing phenomenon of transnational architecture and its profound effect on the development of urban space.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press The Plan of Chicago Daniel Burnham and the
Book SynopsisA document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham's "1909 Plan of Chicago", produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, proposed many of the city's most distinctive features. This title reveals the Plan's central role in shaping the ways people envision the cityscape and urban life itself.Trade Review"An imaginative, beautifully produced, and visually appealing masterpiece of stirring prose and stunning illustration.... Carl Smith's book is a concise, splendidly accessible, and beautifully constructed introduction to a seminal work of American urban planning and its enduring influence on Chicago and other American cities." - William Bryk, New York Sun "A concise and reader-friendly introduction to the visionary and ambitious plan that helped shape much of the Windy City as we know it today." - Kevin Nance, Chicago Sun-Times "The story of Burnham's plan has been told many times but never in a more appealing or succinct style than in Carl Smith's modest little book.... What sets this book apart from other Burnham histories is Smith's attention to the filthy, miserable, nineteenth-century city that repelled and motivated Burnham, and the extraordinary promotional effort led by the Commercial Club of Chicago that sold his plan to the public.... A clear-eyed assessment of Burnham." - Lois Wille, Chicago Tribune"
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The University of Chicago Press Social Security Programs and Retirement around
Book SynopsisFourteen of Walker Evans's evocative photographs of Brooklyn Bridge, most of which have never been published, appear in this edition of Alan Trachenberg's Brooklyn Bridge: Fact and Symbol. In the new afterword Trachenberg explores the history of Hart Crane's The Bridge, especially the poem's integral relationship with the powerful photography of Evans. [Brooklyn Bridge] is familiar in so many movies, in so many stage sets and, as Mr. Trachtenberg shows in this brilliant . . . book, it is at least as much a symbol as a reality. . . . Mr. Trachtenberg is always exciting and illuminating.Times Literary Supplement The book isa skillful and insightful synthesis of materials about Brooklyn Bridge from such diverse fields as history, engineering, literature and art. Essentially it asks the question of why Brooklyn Bridge achieved such great impact on the nineteenth century American imagination and why it has continued to have a significant impact on twentieth century art and literature. In ad
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The University of Chicago Press Who Is the City For
Book SynopsisA vividly illustrated collaboration between two of Chicago's most celebrated architecture critics casts a wise and unsparing eye on inequities in the built environment and attempts to rectify them. From his high-profile battles with Donald Trump to his insightful celebrations of Frank Lloyd Wright and front-page takedowns of Chicago mega-projects like Lincoln Yards, Pulitzer Prizewinning architecture critic Blair Kamin has long informed and delighted readers with his illuminating commentary. Kamin's newest collection, Who Is the City For?, does more than gather fifty-five of his most notable Chicago Tribune columns from the past decade: it pairs his words with striking new images by photographer and architecture critic Lee Bey, Kamin's former rival at the Chicago Sun-Times. Together, they paint a revealing portrait of Chicago that reaches beyond its glamorous downtown and dramatic buildings by renowned architects like Jeanne Gang to its culturally diverse neighborhoods, including modTrade Review"With this volume joining (Kamin’s) two previous collections, it makes for a trio that should be required reading for any developer or politician with notions of having their hands in sharing and shaping the city." -- Rick Kogan * Chicago Tribune *“Kamin’s work has always caused a stir within the world of architecture and politics, asking challenging questions that have advanced what was possible at the intersection of both worlds. . . . [His new book] is an invitation to think carefully about the significance of public space and the ways in which our city shows its priorities by investing in some areas far more than others.” * Annie Howard, Chicago Architect Magazine *“It is divinely inspired that the spine of former Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin’s new collection of essays is red and bleeds slightly onto the front and back covers. . . The red line of the spine . . . serves as a reminder of the policies, legislation, and rules that have kept Chicago racially and economically separated. In Who Is the City For?Architecture, Equity, and the Public Realm in Chicago, Kamin, with the support of photographs by Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic Lee Bey, probes just who Chicago serves and how the city can be reshaped and reimagined as a space for all its residents.” * Chicago Magazine *"[Who Is the City For?] offers plentiful, incisive, and urbanistic vignettes of Chicago. . . . It will be treasured by urbanophiles and architecture lovers alike. . . . Excellent photographs support the collection. In Kamin’s masterful hand, architectural criticism is about far more than design. It is a civic project: a public conversation about politics, the public good, and the promise of urban life." * Booklist *"A collection of 55 Kamin essays from the past decade, with outstanding photographs by Bey. . . . if you really want to understand what we’re missing in architecture criticism today, read (this) new book." -- J. Michael Welton, Architects+Artisans"Chicago is one of the architectural capitals of the world, and in this new collaboration from today’s leading critics in the field, Blair Kamin and Lee Bey lay bare the inequities that are entrenched in our built environment. Stretching beyond the eye-catching skyscrapers of downtown into the rich history of the city’s diverse neighborhoods, Who is the City For? is a necessary and revealing portrait of Chicago with a powerful message on how we can rebuild our public spaces with equity in mind.” * Chicago Review of Books, “12 Must-Read Books of November" *“The essays in Who Is the City For? present Chicago as an analogue for any city and how architecture and urban design have an ability to bolster and transform the lives of individuals and their communities. . . . Coupled with Lee Bey’s striking photographs, Kamin effectively shows how architecture and urban design can reframe our lived environment and experiences. . . . He’s imploring us to do more than look, he’s showing us the power of seeing, examining, and how to ask the right questions.” * Brock Kingsley, Chicago Review of Books *“All of the pieces are written in the efficient, snappy prose of a newspaperman and would be a good study for anyone who wishes to converse intelligently and persuasively about the state of our public places. . . . With his work, Kamin holds power to public account. Chicago is lucky to have him manning the watch against civic barbarity.” -- Nicholas Mancusi * Amherst Magazine *“For more than thirty years, Kamin’s clearheaded and forceful writing has set the standard for American architectural criticism. With this wide-ranging new collection, he steps into the intersection where design, urbanism, and social justice meet, proving once again that the best architecture writing is about much more than the way buildings look.” * Inga Saffron, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Becoming Philadelphia: How an Old American City Made Itself New Again *“Kamin’s remarkable and eminently readable new collection is fresh evidence that the best architectural criticism is ultimately about people, rather than buildings.” * Jerold S. Kayden, author of Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design *“No one can match Blair Kamin’s sustained scrutiny and deep understanding of Chicago architecture over the last three decades and beyond. In this book, he succeeds splendidly in offering a new collection of his uniformly excellent, interesting, and important writings. Who Is the City For? is compelling reading for anyone interested not just in Chicago, but in significant trends—both good and bad—in contemporary architecture and city life more broadly." * Carl Smith, author of The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City *“The book features striking black-and-white photographs of structures like ‘Cloud Gate’ in Millennium Park. . . (It) reveals how much influence a good architecture critic can have on a city to shape opinion and sound the alarm when something is going wrong.” -- Mary Wisniewski * Newcity *"Who Is the City For? collects 55 stories by former Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin, focusing on the idea of Chicago as a sort of collective trust—or as Kamin explains, 'our common humanity is made manifest in common ground.’ Cleverly, the book pairs its columns with photos from Sun-Times architecture critic Lee Bey." -- Christopher Borelli * Chicago Tribune *“It’s a great collection of Blair’s columns and also some wonderful photographs from Lee Bey. . . It’s a beautiful book,” * Bob Sirott, WGN Radio *“This is a wonderful book.” -- Joan Esposito, host, WCPT 820 AM radio, Chicago"[The reviews collected here] capture Kamin’s memorable watchdog ethos that had architects fuming or trembling every week." * Chicago Reader *“What do you get when you put two of Chicago’s preeminent architecture critics together? A thought-provoking book about the city’s storied architecture.” * WTTW, "Chicago Tonight" *“These engaging and thought-provoking essays remind us of the importance of architecture critics in the daily city newspaper realm and what we stand to lose as they—like many others in the shrinking world of thoughtful journalism—are phased out by the corporate gulping down of newspapers.” * OnMilwaukee *“A must-have for people who love this city. . . . A real treasure.” * John Williams, WGN Radio *"I feel this is a great book for grounding my burgeoning knowledge of Chicago’s architecture and history, but that it would also serve to heighten the understanding of both for readers already more well-versed. As a bonus, there are so many wonderful photographs throughout the book, most of which were contributed by the incomparable Lee Bey!" -- Jacob Zawa, The Book Stall, Winnetka"The collection demonstrates the powerful perspective that Kamin and Bey bring to bear, reminding readers that all cities deserve the consideration of such insightful voices.” -- Edward Keegan, AIA, Architect magazine“A great documentation of Chicago’s recent architectural history…these short texts offer an excellent starting point from which to understand the specifics of recent Chicago architecture and urbanism, at a point where much of this past is now receding into pre-pandemic history.” * Eric Mumford, Architectural Record *“Useful for those looking to refresh their knowledge and learn about the last decade of architecture in Chicago. . . . [Kamin’s] discourse was often loud and clear enough for architects, city planners, and even Donald Trump to hear and respond to. Architecture criticism at that level is a public service." -- Elizabeth Blasius, Constructs (Yale School of Architecture)“Must-Read. . . . A case for the value of architectural criticism.” * Sydney Shilling, Azure magazine (Toronto) *”The perfect holiday gift for the design-lover in your life.” * Chicago Architecture Center *This third collection of reviews by newspaper architecture critic Blair Kamin covers recent events in Chicago, a city world-famous for its architecture. In addressing the title's question, Kamin concentrates on how people conduct their lives in the city rather than on how architects and developers build and find profit there. . . . Especially valuable are comments about programs for revitalizing derelict areas and the importance of enhancing established neighborhood patterns. . . . Recommended." * Choice *“The book’s reach is inherently more accessible than a traditional academic publication, and yet will also find a place in the university classroom. [The collected columns] will also undoubtedly have implications for cities beyond Chicago. . . . From the specter of the skyscraper to the unintended consequences of increasing public access to greenspace, Kamin deftly argues that while urban development often benefits the financial state of cities, it doesn’t necessarily benefit its citizenry.” -- Joss Kiely * Journal of Urban Affairs *“The columns within each section contain varied subjects, withering criticisms, credit where it is due, and calls to action — all delivered in crisp, precise, and evocative prose. . . . Opinionated, erudite, and written in a way that will appeal to a larger audience than just architecture and planning experts, Who is the City For? has broad lessons within its pages that apply far beyond the Windy City.” -- Ray Bert, Civil Engineering Online, American Society of Civil EngineersTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Presidents and Their Legacy Projects: Self-Aggrandizing or Civic-Minded? Trump Takes Aim at Design and the Design Press The Trump Sign, a Poke in the Eye, Mars the Riverfront Trump’s Sycophantic, Vitriolic Treatment of Architecture Critics How Should Trump Make Federal Architecture Great? By Ignoring the Ideologues Who Speak for Modernism and Classicism The Obama Presidential Center: No Walk in the Park Obama Center Design: Promising, Populist, not Yet Persuasive Obama Center’s Plans Won’t Destroy Olmsted’s Park—They Should Be Improved, not Rejected Part Two: Urban Design: Boom Times for Cities, but Who Benefits? Urbanization on the March—and on Hold Because of the Pandemic China’s Skyscrapers Are Trophies for the Nation and a Lifeline for Chicago Architects—but Growth Has Its Price Attacking “Plop Architecture”: There’s a Better, Transit-Oriented Way to Design Our Cities The Rise of Chicago’s Super Loop: So Much Building, So Little Architecture The Things We Love about City Life—Public Transit, Urban Hustle—Are the Very Things That Put Us at Risk for COVID-19 Public Spaces: A Burst of Innovation, with Mixed Results on Equity Maggie Daley Park Is a Seed with Potential to Blossom Chicago’s Downtown Riverwalk: A New Phase of the City’s “Second Lakefront” Takes Shape, a Model of Waterfront Urbanity The 606, Two Years Later: As Its Landscape Grows, So Do Concerns about Displacement Rating Chicago’s Latest wave of Parks and Public Spaces by the Three “E”s: They’re Better on Entertainment and Ecology Than Equity Transit and Infrastructure: After a Bumpy Start, Solid Advances Signs Uglify Our Beautiful Bridges First New Loop “L” Station in Twenty Years Creates Curvy Gateway to Millennium Park Along the Dan Ryan, an Eye-Grabbing CTA Terminal Reaches beyond the Ordinary On Chicago’s South Lakefront, a Curving Pedestrian Bridge over Lake Shore Drive Also Bends Toward Justice Chicago’s New “Shared Street” Tilts the Balance in Favor of Pedestrians, Cyclists, and Social Distancing, but It’s Tinkering, not Structural Change Part Three: Architecture: Are Buildings Good Citizens? Tall Buildings: Highs and Lows 150 North Riverside May Look Like It’s Teetering, but There’s a Method to Its Madness When Bad Things Happen to a Good Architect: The Saga of 151 North Franklin A Celebrated New Yorker’s New Chicago Tower: The Peak of Urban Luxury, not the Height of Skyscraper Style The Vista Tower, Now Chicago’s Third-Tallest Building, Brings Stirring Curves and More to a Squared-Off Skyline Fifty Years Later, Lake Point Tower Is a Singular Achievement—Let’s Hope It Stays That Way Flagship Stores: From Fine-Grained to Flashy Apple’s New Flagship Store an Understated Gem on the Chicago River McDonald’s New Flagship in River North: Not Ketchup Red or Mustard Yellow, but Green In Skokie, an Architecturally Arresting Pot Shop Reveals How Marijuana Has Gone Mainstream Museums: Reacting against, and Reaching beyond, “Starchitecture” George Lucas’s Museum Proposal Is Needlessly Massive MCA’s Renovation Is No Hostile Takeover. It Reflects How Audiences Interact with Art and Each Other The National African American Museum Still Stirs the Soul—and Drops Hints of What to Expect at the Obama Presidential Center Public Buildings: The Benefits—and Limits—of Good Design Chinatown Library Breaks the Cookie-Cutter Mold and Builds Bonds of Community A New Boathouse along the Chicago River Transforms the Motion of Rowing into an Instant Landmark Chicago Shows How Public Housing and Libraries Can Coexist and Be Visually Striking. Now We Need More of These Creative Combinations A Former North Side Public-Housing Project Is Beautifully Remade, but at What Cost? Part Four: Historic Preservation: What Gets Saved and Why? Who Should Determine a Building’s Fate—the Experts, the Community, or the Clout-Heavy? Changes Will Erode Foundation of Landmarks Commission Evanston Plan to Demolish Harley Clarke Mansion: Public Vision or Hidden Agenda? A Plaque on Emmett Till’s House Is Just a First Step. Chicago Can Do a Better Job of Preserving Black History Sites The Despised Pilsen Landmark District Is about to Get a Hearing. Here’s How to Save the Treasured Neighborhood The Struggle to Save—and Better Understand—Buildings of the Recent Past As Prentice Comes Down, Stakes Rise on Its Replacement Spare Jahn’s Thompson Center from Rauner’s Death Sentence The U of C’s Architectural Oddball, by the Designer of the Aon Center, Gets a Vibrant, Energy-Saving Remake A Different View of the Masterful Farnsworth House—Hers Preserving Buildings of the Distant Past: Yesterday’s Designs, Some Viewed as Radical, Are Today’s Classics Delayed Restoration of Unity Temple Was Well Worth the Wait The Robie House Is Again a Full-Fledged Architectural Symphony Union Station Plan on the Wrong Track: All the Grandeur of a Holiday Inn With Cubs’ Commercial Excess Mostly in Check, Wrigley Field’s Nearly Complete Multiyear Renovation Is a Hit Chicago’s Old Post Office, the Nation’s Largest Reuse Project, Delivers the Goods Once Facing the Wrecking Ball, Old Cook County Hospital Reemerges, Handsomely Remade Part Five: Two Mayors, Two Directions: Who Can Make the City Work for All? Rahm Emanuel: Retrospective and Climactic Battle Emanuel Thought and Built Big, but Progress was Painfully Uneven An Incredible Transformation? Not Really. The “Meh” Blocks West of Navy Pier Are a Cautionary Tale for Chicago’s Next Round of Megaprojects Improvement or Invasion? Lincoln Yards Plan Is Too Tall and Out of Place. The Mayor and City Council Should Slow It Down, and Press Architects and Developers to Rethink and Redesign Lori Lightfoot and Maurice Cox: Detroit Prelude, Chicago Blueprint Detroit’s Downtown Revival Is Real, but the Road to Recovery Remains Long Changing Course: Lightfoot’s Top Planner Will Focus on the City’s “Soul”—Its Neighborhoods, not Just Its Downtown “Heart” Time to Stop Planning and Start Building: It’s Crunch Time for Lightfoot’s Drive to Revive South, West Sides Epilogue: The End of a Journalistic Era—and What Comes Next? A Farewell to Tribune Tower and a Shout-out to Its Architects Reflecting on Twenty-Eight Years of Reviewing Chicago’s Architectural Wonders and Blunders—and Why Such Coverage Should Continue Acknowledgments Index
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The University of Chicago Press Chicago Reflected
Book SynopsisA unique and playful hand-drawn exploration of the Chicago River's landscape, documented on an eleven-foot-long foldout. In March 2020, architect Ryan Chester began drawing the Chicago River for at least one hour every day. Using only a pen, he moved methodically along a single massive roll of paper. As each chaotic, isolating day of the COVID-19 pandemic passed, he stayed connected with his adopted city by carefully documenting by hand the beautiful intricacies of Chicago's riverfront architecture, boats, and bridges. As completed, Chester's two-foot-high, fifty-five-foot-long drawing is a unique vision. In addition to dozens of accurately depicted buildings, Chester included pieces of Chicago's past, including the Union Station Concourse Building that was demolished in 1969 and the immense SS Eastland, which sank in the river in 1915, killing hundreds of people. Recent architecture is featured as well, including Studio Gang's St. Regis Chicago tower and the Bank of America TTrade Review"Intricate and obsessive. . . . Dyja places Chester’s remarkably detailed gray-and-white sketching into a lineage of artists who unveiled the scope of the city, from Jules Guerin’s dream of a future Chicago for Daniel Burnham to Franklin McMahon’s sketches of Chicago courtrooms and street scenes for magazines and Chicago newspapers." * Chicago Tribune *"An extraordinary continuous drawing of the skyline from the Chicago River, realistic in some ways but a fantasy in others. . . [A] one-of-a-kind work of art, an eleven-foot continuous foldout drawing that slides into a handsome cardboard sheath." * Newcity *“Chester’s meticulous eye and precise hand lure viewers irresistibly to the tiniest of details, right down to the rivets in the steel bridges. Somehow the fact that the landscape is hand drawn makes it more compelling than any photograph could be. With delightful Easter eggs and perspectives no camera could capture in real life, Chicago Reflected is a magnificent time capsule of the Chicago River.” * Geoffrey Baer, WTTW *“Inspired by the city itself and created during the coronavirus pandemic, Chicago Reflected is a uniquely personal journey-like city view that explores what exists, what has been lost, and what is under construction, all ingeniously juxtaposed along only recently reclaimed banks of the Chicago River. Accompanied by Thomas Dyja’s insightfully contextual essay, this remarkable work of art unleashes our curiosity, imagination, and personal recollections.” * Vladimir Belogolovsky, curator, critic, and author of Architectural Guide Chicago *“Chester’s precise, inventive, remarkable drawing of the Chicago River is monumental in both scale and ambition. It slices through the city, through infrastructure, and through time itself to capture America’s greatest architectural ensemble in a way that viewers cannot have experienced. It is a delightful tour de force that will tickle experts and amateurs alike.” * Reed Kroloff, Illinois Institute of Technology School of Architecture *“Chester’s passion for architecture and Chicago need not be explained with words—it can be seen in his art. I’m certain he was transported to us from the era of Piranesi and hope this generation will fully appreciate his gifts. We should collectively thank him for keeping the art form of hand drawing alive and well.” * Juan Moreno, founder and president of JGMA *
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The University of Chicago Press Building the Cold War Hilton International
Book SynopsisIn post-war Europe and the Middle East, Hilton Hotels were constructed for profit and political impact to show 'the other side of the coin' to those countries exposed to Communism. This text examines the architectural means by which this vision was executed.
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The University of Chicago Press The Politics of Design in French Colonial
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Columbia University Press Design and Solidarity
Book SynopsisIn this book, artist Marisa Morán Jahn and architect Rafi Segal converse about the transformative potential of mutualism and design with leading thinkers and practitioners. From these dialogues emerge powerful visions of futures guided by communal self-determination and collective well-being.Trade ReviewDesign and Solidarity is a must read for anyone who cares about care, mutuality, solidarity, collaboration, and capitalist alternatives. The conversations, essays, and pictures move from innovative theory to inspiring practice, all in a small and readable package. I will be carrying it with me. -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America, and Professor Emeritus, Princeton UniversitySay good-bye to grandiose master plans. Say hello to temporary monuments, pop-up services, and mutualist economics. Design and Solidarity is a field guide for rebuilding public life from the bottom up. -- Ellen Lupton, author of Design Is StorytellingConcise, rich, and cross-disciplinary, Design and Solidarity offers essential insights on how art, architecture, and design can fundamentally re-imagine how we will live together. -- Hashim Sarkis, Dean, MIT School of Architecture and Planning, and Curator, 2021 Venice Biennale ArchitetturaWe see the emergence of collectives everywhere; from Black Lives Matter to the platform cooperativism movement, we are observing a proliferation of new kinds of social ties building. This book is among the first to bring together these scattered practices in a single frame. It also presents practical guidelines for action and design across disciplines and sectors, providing the readers with a list and discussion of resources that can be used to pursue communitarian or collective interests. -- Koray Caliskan, author of Market Threads: How Cotton Farmers and Traders Create a Global CommodityHow can art and architecture help create a society of greater mutualism and care? This book not only inspires and challenges readers to create worlds of greater mutualism, it also provides multiple blueprints, metaphoric and real, for how art and architecture can enhance communal self-determination, wealth, and well-being. -- Noam M. Elcott, author of Artificial Darkness: An Obscure History of Modern Art and MediaIt’s an exciting new frontier with many possibilities. -- Paul Makovsky * Architect Magazine *It is inspiring and challenging and I will be returning to this one many times in the future...highly recommended. * Moonglo Texas *Table of ContentsDesign Solidarity, by Marisa Morán Jahn and Rafi SegalConversations: On the Commons, by Michael HardtOn Self-Determination in a World Where Many Worlds Fit, by Arturo EscobarOn Solidarity and Political Emancipation, by Jessica Gordon NembhardOn Labor and Cooperatives, by Trebor ScholzOn Mutual Aid Societies and Digital-First Organizing, by Greg LindsayOn Digital Platforms in Informal Economies, by Mercedes BidartOn Mutualism and Care, by Ai-jen PooArchitectures for New Collectives, by Rafi SegalCreation as Counterpower, by Marisa Morán JahnCarehaus: Designing for Care, by Marisa Morán Jahn and Rafi SegalAcknowledgmentsAbout the Authors and ContributorsIndex
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MIT Press Style and Solitude The History of an
Book SynopsisHow modern notions of architectural style were born—and the debates they sparked in nineteenth-century Germany.The term style has fallen spectacularly out of fashion in architectural circles. Once a conceptual key to understanding architecture’s inner workings, today style seems to be associated with superficiality, formalism, and obsolete periodization. But how did style—once defined by German sociologist Georg Simmel as a place where one is “no longer alone”—in architecture actually work? How was it used and what did it mean? In Style and Solitude, Mari Hvattum seeks to understand the apparent death of style, returning to its birthplace in the late eighteenth century, and charting how it grew to influence modern architectural discourse and practice. As Hvattum explains, German thinkers of the eighteenth and nineteenth century offered competing ideas of what style was and how it should
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MIT Press Architecture and Abstraction
Book SynopsisA landmark study of abstraction in architectural history, theory, and practice that challenges our assumptions about the meaning of abstract forms.In this theoretical study of abstraction in architecture—the first of its kind—Pier Vittorio Aureli argues for a reconsideration of abstraction, its meanings, and its sources. Although architects have typically interpreted abstraction in formal terms—the purposeful reduction of the complexities of design to its essentials—Aureli shows that abstraction instead arises from the material conditions of building production. In a lively study informed by Walter Benjamin, Karl Marx, Alfred Sohn-Rethel, and other social theorists, this book presents abstraction in architecture not as an aesthetic tendency but as a movement that arises from modern divisions of labor and consequent social asymmetries. These divisions were anticipated by the architecture of antiquity, which established a distinction be
£25.60
MIT Press Yasmeen Lari Architecture for the Future
Book SynopsisA rich exploration of the extraordinary life and work of celebrated architect Yasmeen Lari, winner of the 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medal.After more than three decades as a renowned global architect, Yasmeen Lari, the first woman to open her own architecture firm in Pakistan in 1964, developed Zero Carbon Architecture, which unites ecological and social justice. This volume, edited by Angelika Fitz, Elke Krasny, and Marvi Mazhar, presents Lari’s trajectory from exemplary modernist to zero carbon revolutionary, with a focus on her remarkable contributions to the global architectural movement to decarbonize and decolonize. The book includes extensive photographs, drawings, and plans from Lari’s archive, most of which have not previously been shown or published.Lari’s architectural thinking and activism have always gone beyond the quest for a singular built solution. Rather, she strategically plans systemic approaches and solutions, be it
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MIT Press Things That Move
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Yale University Press Stirling and Central Scotland
Book SynopsisStirling and Central Scotland straddle the divisions between Highland and Lowland, rural and industrial Scotland. This guide covers castles that range from Stirling, to the strongholds of medieval magnates at Doune, Blackness and Castle Campbell.Trade Review"The hardest thing to write is a great poem or great reference book. To last and to succeed the reference book should have something of the great poem to it. Pick up a volume of that great, and growing, catalogue raisonne of Scottish buildings, the Buildings of Scotland, and you will hear through the gazetting of architectural detail the old various voices of this country." Candia McWilliam, Architectural Heritage
£57.00
Yale University Press Devon
Book SynopsisExeter Cathedral is but the crowning glory of Devon's wealth of medieval churches, replete with sumptuous fittings and monuments. The county's peak of prosperity is reflected too in its castles, its secluded manor houses, and its scores of sturdily built farmhouses.
£54.00
Yale University Press Glamorgan
Book SynopsisGlamorgan's long and varied history has left many visible remains. Castles range from remarkable earthworks to magnificent structures such as Cardiff and Caerphilly. This guide also covers impressive remains of three little known abbeys, at Ewenny, Margam and Neath.Trade Review"When The Buildings of Wales is completed, the revelation of unknown architecture will still for ever the comment that Wild Wales has not much to offer." John Harris, Times Literary Supplement
£54.00
Yale University Press Northumberland
Book SynopsisThe county's varied military architecture, from Hadrian's Wall to Warkworth, contrasts with monastic ruins buried deep in the valleys of the Coquet and the Aln or standing by the sea at Holy Island and Tynemouth. This work also covers great country houses.
£54.00
Yale University Press London 3 North West
Book SynopsisA comprehensive architectural guide encompassing three centuries of metropolitan growth spanning an area from Georgian St Marylebone and the riverside terraces of Chelsea and Chiswick to Heathrow Airport and the outer fringes of Middlesex.
£54.00
Yale University Press London 4 North
Book SynopsisThis volume on London architecture covers the boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey and Islington. It gives a view of London's expansion northward from formal Georgian squares, to the hill towns of Hampstead and Highgate.Trade Review"The inheritors of Pevsner have exceeded his achievement with no compromises. This is a great feat of publishing in the best traditions of architectural history." Colin Amery, The Times Literary Supplement
£54.00
Yale University Press Norfolk 2 NorthWest and South
Book SynopsisThis second volume on Norfolk provides a comprehensive survey from prehistoric times to the present day. The 17th- and 18th-century treasures of King's Lynn are explored, as well as the market towns of Swaffham and Wymondham. Castle remains and medieval churches are also explored.
£54.00
Yale University Press North West Ulster
Book SynopsisThe remote, rugged, rough country of North West Ulster possesses buildings as varied as its landscape. This volume shows that from its earliest centuries survive monuments of the Celtic church, in particular the sculptured cross slabs, high crosses and round towers, and medieval tower houses.
£45.00
Yale University Press Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion
Book SynopsisCovers two counties, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (formerly Cardiganshire) in the South-west of Wales. This book presents an architecture still little known, but encompassing a sweep from prehistoric chambered tombs to the high technology of the world's largest single-span glasshouse. It also includes detailed accounts of few varied small towns.
£54.00
Yale University Press Liverpool
Book SynopsisJoseph Sharples describes the architecturally significant buildings in central Liverpool, and gives an account of the overall development of the city. He includes some suburban areas of outstanding interest, and features excursions to notable sites further out.Trade ReviewThis comprehensive, full-color guidebook describes all the architecturally significant buildings in Liverpool as well as in suburban areas of interest and notable sites further away.“A detailed, authoritative, and practical guide.”—Listed Heritage (London)
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Yale University Press The Small House in EighteenthCentury London The
Book SynopsisPeter Guillery discusses what we can learn from the modest and largely forgotten London houses built in the 18th century for artisans and labourers. In so doing he examines the effects of creeping industrialisation and considers the nature of speculative suburban growth.
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Yale University Press Bristol
Book SynopsisLively, up-to-date accounts of every significant building are included, with detailed walks exploring the outer areas, and a scholarly narrative introduction to put the architecture in context.Trade Review“Of all the new Pevsner guides I have picked up, none has been so immediately enticing as David Foyle’s new volume on Bristol.” M.B , The Times (Business)“If you value your heritage, don’t wait until Christmas comes around: go out and buy one . . . now.”—The Bristol Evening Post
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Yale University Press Flemish Art and Architecture 15851700
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis beautifully illustrated book provides a complete overview of the art of the Southern Netherlands from 1585 to 1700. The author examines the development of Flemish and specifically Antwerp painting, the work of Rubens and such other leading masters as Van Dyck and Jordaens, and the Antwerp tradition of specialization among painters as well as the sculpture and architecture of this period. "Hans Vlieghe's long-awaited work on Flemish art offers a detailed and comprehensive overview of the art produced in the south Netherlands from the time of partition up to the end of Spanish-Hapsburg rule. As well as examining the output and influence of leading figures such as Rubens and Van Dyke, Dr. Vlieghe provides the historical, social and cultural context for the development of history painting and other specializations. . . . This book will attract both the informed and general reader."—Alison Smith, Art Newspaper
£45.12
Yale University Press Lancashire Manchester and the SouthEast
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Yale University Press London 5 East
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£57.00
Yale University Press Isle of Wight
Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to the buildings of the Isle of Wight. It explores the beguiling architecture of the many towns, villages and resorts. It offers a general introduction that provides a historical and artistic overview. It features illustrations, maps and plans, colour photographs, indexes and an illustrated glossary.
£42.75
Yale University Press Leeds
Book SynopsisThe twentieth century gave the city its outstanding university campus and recent regeneration has led to a revival of the city's public spaces and famously ornate and opulent Edwardian shopping arcades and markets.
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Yale University Press Lancashire Liverpool and the SouthWest
Book SynopsisIncluding maps, plans, and colour photographs, this work is a guide to the buildings of South-West Lancashire. It contains a general introduction that provides a historical and artistic overview. It also features the great port of Liverpool, with its cathedrals, mighty commercial buildings and warehouses, and Georgian inner city.Trade Review"'The inheritors of Pevsner have exceeded his achievement with no compromises. This is a great feat of publishing in the best tradition of architectural history.' Colin Amery, Times Literary Supplement 'The greatest endeavour of popular architectural scholarship in the world.' Jonathan Meades, The Observer 'They are reference books in the best sense, bursting with information and invaluable to architectural scholars and the lay enthusiast alike.' John Chisholm, The Daily Telegraph"
£54.00
Yale University Press Dublin
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Yale University Press Perth and Kinross
Book SynopsisPerth and Kinross contain buildings which range from the remains of Roman forts to country houses and nineteenth century civic and industrial monuments. The tenth volume in the Buildings of Scotland series.
£54.00
Yale University Press Essex
Book SynopsisEssex is one the largest counties of England, stretching from the suburban fringes of East London to the fishing and sailing ports of Harwich and Maldon and the famous seaside resorts of Clacton, Frinton and Southend. This book talks about its buildings, which encompass rich Roman survivals, powerful Norman architecture, and more.
£57.00
Yale University Press Brick and Clay Building in Britain Vernacular
Book SynopsisWith an account of how bricks, brick files and terracotta have been made and used from medieval times onwards, this title presents an illustrated glossary of brickwork where virtually every term is shown in photographs and diagrams and a chronological photographic survey ranges from the earliest survivors to the twentieth century.
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Yale University Press The Cosmopolitan Interior Liberalism and the
Book SynopsisLiterature on domestic interior decoration first emerged as a popular genre in Britain during the 1870s and 1880s, as middle-class readers sought decorating advice from books, household manuals, women's magazines, and professional journals. This book examines that literature and shows how it was influenced by the liberalism of the middle class.
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Yale University Press A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects
Book SynopsisA work of reference on the history of British architecture, containing biographical information on some 2,000 architects who practised in England, Scotland and Wales from the time of Inigo Jones (1573-1652) to that of William Burn (1789-1870) and Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860).Trade Review"'No more important contribution has been made to the history of English architecture (or any of the visual arts in England, for that matter)... in this century' Hugh Honour, The Observer 'It is hardly an exaggeration to say that Colvin's Dictionary changed the face of English architectural history' David Watkin in The Rise of Architectural History 'an indispensable reference on any architectural historian's bookshelves... a treasured source of much fascinating information... a staggering achievement, beautifully written and superbly produced. It is indubitably the standard work of biographical reference in the field' James Stevens Curl, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts 'An indispensable book for any architecture historian, professional and amateur.' Colin Amery, Financial Times 'A definitive work of reference, but also extraordinarily absorbing, a book to savor again and again.' Linda Colley, The Observer"
£67.50
Yale University Press Newcastle and Gateshead
Book SynopsisOffers a survey of the buildings of Tyneside, from the medieval castle and cathedral at Newcastle to the spectacular buildings spearheading the renaissance of Gateshead on the river's south bank. This book explores both urban centres in a series of walks, including the magnificent 1830s replanning of Newcastle.
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