Why architecture matters :
Kamin Blair
Why architecture matters : lessons from Chicago / Blair Kamin. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001. - xxi, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Pt. 1. The Evolving Metropolis. The Mediocre Mile. That Comeback Street. Public Works and the Public Realm. Making the Past a Part of the Future. Suburbanizing the City. Urbanizing the Suburbs -- Pt. 2. The Art of Architecture. Sizing Up the Skyscraper. Unsung Heroes. Opportunities Lost (and Found) in Chicago. Architecture with a Capital "A": Look Elsewhere. Importing "Starchitects" -- Pt. 3. Architecture as a Social Art. Places and Catalysts for Gathering. Raising and Razing Temples of Sport. Building a Better Life. Private Housing: Building Boom, Architecture Bust. Public Housing: Sheltered by Design -- Pt. 4. The Lakefront: Democratic Vistas. Putting the Car in Its Place. Reinventing the Lakefront.
0226423212
Architecture--Illinois--Chicago
Chicago Ill--Buildings structures etc
NA735.C4
720/.9773/11
Why architecture matters : lessons from Chicago / Blair Kamin. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001. - xxi, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Pt. 1. The Evolving Metropolis. The Mediocre Mile. That Comeback Street. Public Works and the Public Realm. Making the Past a Part of the Future. Suburbanizing the City. Urbanizing the Suburbs -- Pt. 2. The Art of Architecture. Sizing Up the Skyscraper. Unsung Heroes. Opportunities Lost (and Found) in Chicago. Architecture with a Capital "A": Look Elsewhere. Importing "Starchitects" -- Pt. 3. Architecture as a Social Art. Places and Catalysts for Gathering. Raising and Razing Temples of Sport. Building a Better Life. Private Housing: Building Boom, Architecture Bust. Public Housing: Sheltered by Design -- Pt. 4. The Lakefront: Democratic Vistas. Putting the Car in Its Place. Reinventing the Lakefront.
0226423212
Architecture--Illinois--Chicago
Chicago Ill--Buildings structures etc
NA735.C4
720/.9773/11