Chicago Tribune Tower Competition

Author : Katherine Solomonson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226768007
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chicago Tribune Tower Competition written by Katherine Solomonson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2003-11-15 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1922, the Chicago Tribune sponsored an international competition to design its new corporate headquarters. Both a serious design contest and a brilliant publicity stunt, the competition received worldwide attention for the hundreds of submissions—from the sublime to the ridiculous—it garnered. In this lavishly illustrated book, Katherine Solomonson tells the fascinating story of the competition, the diverse architectural designs it attracted, and its lasting impact. She shows how the Tribune used the competition to position itself as a civic institution whose new headquarters would serve as a defining public monument for Chicago. For architects, planners, and others, the competition sparked influential debates over the design and social functions of skyscrapers. It also played a crucial role in the development of advertising, consumer culture, and a new national identity in the turbulent years after World War I.

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Author : Stanley Tigerman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chicago Tribune Tower Competition written by Stanley Tigerman and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Katherine Solomonson
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ISBN 13 : 9780521590563
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chicago Tribune Tower Competition written by Katherine Solomonson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicago Tribune Tower competition was one of the largest, most important and most controversial design contests of the 1920s. The 263 entries for the design of the new Tribune tower represented a broad constellation of approaches to the skyscraper at a time of transition. This book demonstrates how the competition contributed to changing concepts of the skyscraper, how it engaged with the production of consumer culture, with conflicts of national identity and cultural unity, and with a newspaper's efforts to produce a civic and corporate icon during the turbulent years following World War I.

Author : Stanley Tigerman
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Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chicago Tribune Tower Competition/late Entries written by Stanley Tigerman and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chicago Tribune Tower Competition written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chicago Tribune (Firm)
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Chicago Tribune Tower Competition written by Chicago Tribune (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Leslie
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252094794
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934 written by Thomas Leslie and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed tour, inside and out, of Chicago's distinctive towers from an earlier age For more than a century, Chicago's skyline has included some of the world's most distinctive and inspiring buildings. This history of the Windy City's skyscrapers begins in the key period of reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1871 and concludes in 1934 with the onset of the Great Depression, which brought architectural progress to a standstill. During this time, such iconic landmarks as the Chicago Tribune Tower, the Wrigley Building, the Marshall Field and Company Building, the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Palmolive Building, the Masonic Temple, the City Opera, Merchandise Mart, and many others rose to impressive new heights, thanks to innovations in building methods and materials. Solid, earthbound edifices of iron, brick, and stone made way for towers of steel and plate glass, imparting a striking new look to Chicago's growing urban landscape. Thomas Leslie reveals the daily struggles, technical breakthroughs, and negotiations that produced these magnificent buildings. He also considers how the city's infamous political climate contributed to its architecture, as building and zoning codes were often disputed by shifting networks of rivals, labor unions, professional organizations, and municipal bodies. Featuring more than a hundred photographs and illustrations of the city's physically impressive and beautifully diverse architecture, Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871–1934 highlights an exceptionally dynamic, energetic period of architectural progress in Chicago.

Author : Chester Arthur Patterson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scientific Building Operation written by Chester Arthur Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Lee
Publisher : Lars Muller Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9783037785355
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Make New History written by Mark Lee and published by Lars Muller Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make New History, the companion publication to the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial, invites speculation on the status and importance of historical material to the field of architecture today. The book brings together an eminent collection of historians, curators and practitioners and features over a hundred artists and architects from the exhibition. The 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial focuses on the efforts of contemporary architects to align their work with versions of history. The act of looking to the past to inform the present has always been central to architecture. The biennial and hence the book present the chance to consider anew the role history plays in the field today and to try to rethink this collective project of architecture. Being the largest architecture and design exhibition in North America, the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial presents the altering global impact of innovation and creativity regarding design and architecture. Visitors are invited to explore the impact and influence of architecture today and how it can and will make new history in different places all around the world.