The Chicago Tribune Tower Competition
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The Chicago Tribune Tower Competition
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Author : Katherine Solomonson
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2003-11-15
The Chicago Tribune Tower Competition written by Katherine Solomonson and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-15 with Architecture categories.
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.
Chicago Tribune Tower Competition Late Entries
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
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Chicago Tribune Tower Competition
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language : en
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Release Date : 1980
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Chicago Tribune Tower Competition Late Entries
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Author : Stanley Tigerman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Chicago Tribune Tower Competition Late Entries written by Stanley Tigerman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Architecture categories.
Chicago Tribune Tower Competition
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language : en
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Release Date : 1980
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Chicago Tribune Tower Competition
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Author : Chicago Tribune (Firm)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
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Tribune Tower Competition
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language : en
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Release Date : 1980
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The Chicago Tribune Tower Competition
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Author : Katherine Solomonson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Chicago Tribune Tower Competition written by Katherine Solomonson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Architecture, Modern categories.
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.
Chicago Skyscrapers 1871 1934
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Author : Thomas Leslie
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2013-05-15
Chicago Skyscrapers 1871 1934 written by Thomas Leslie and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-15 with Architecture categories.
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.
Skyscraper Gothic
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Author : Kevin D. Murphy
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2017-06-08
Skyscraper Gothic written by Kevin D. Murphy and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-08 with Architecture categories.
Of all building types, the skyscraper strikes observers as the most modern, in terms not only of height but also of boldness, scale, ingenuity, and daring. As a phenomenon born in late nineteenth-century America, it quickly became emblematic of New York, Chicago, and other major cities. Previous studies of these structures have tended to foreground examples of more evincing modernist approaches, while those with styles reminiscent of the great Gothic cathedrals of Europe were initially disparaged as being antimodernist or were simply unacknowledged. Skyscraper Gothic brings together a group of renowned scholars to address the medievalist skyscraper—from flying buttresses to dizzying spires; from the Chicago Tribune Tower to the Woolworth Building in Manhattan. Drawing on archival evidence and period texts to uncover the ways in which patrons and architects came to understand the Gothic as a historic style, the authors explore what the appearance of Gothic forms on radically new buildings meant urbanistically, architecturally, and socially, not only for those who were involved in the actual conceptualization and execution of the projects but also for the critics and the general public who saw the buildings take shape. Contributors: Lisa Reilly on the Gothic skyscraper ● Kevin Murphy on the Trinity and U.S. Realty Buildings ● Gail Fenske on the Woolworth Building ● Joanna Merwood-Salisbury on the Chicago School ● Katherine M. Solomonson on the Tribune Tower ● Carrie Albee on Atlanta City Hall ● Anke Koeth on the Cathedral of Learning ● Christine G. O'Malley on the American Radiator Building