Chicago Architecture and Design
By Unknown Author.
Description
The birthplace of the skyscraper, Chicago is noted for an architectural tradition that has influenced building around the globe. Now the authoritative text on the subject is completely redesigned, revised, and expanded to bring the history up to date-with an all-new final chapter on the signature works of the last 20 years, up to and including Frank Gehry's Millennium Park band shell, whose curling ribbons of stainless steel added a dazzling new facet to the city's skyline in July 2004. Some 300 photographs, principally the work of the renowned Chicago studio Hedrich Blessing, ill...
ISBN(s)
0810958929, 9780810958920
