Chicago 1890 the skyscraper and the modern city

Western architecture : the tall office building as regional type -- Louis Sullivan's democratic architecture and the labor movement -- The Monadnock : John Wellborn Root and the art of pure color -- The Masonic Temple : the double life of a civic skyscraper -- The Reliance Building : urban sani...

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1. Verfasser: Merwood-Salisbury, Joanna (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Chicago, IL u.a. University of Chicago Press 2009
Schriftenreihe:Chicago architecture and urbanism
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Zusammenfassung:Western architecture : the tall office building as regional type -- Louis Sullivan's democratic architecture and the labor movement -- The Monadnock : John Wellborn Root and the art of pure color -- The Masonic Temple : the double life of a civic skyscraper -- The Reliance Building : urban sanitation and skyscraper reform -- Chicago 1900 : the city beautiful movement and the decline of the skyscraper -- Postscript: "the architectonic anticipation of the future".
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 179 - 190) and index
Beschreibung:X, 196 S.
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29 cm
ISBN:9780226520780
978-0-226-52078-0
0226520781
0-226-52078-1