AIA Guide to Chicago - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook AIA Guide to Chicago write by Laurie McGovern Petersen. This book was released on 2004. AIA Guide to Chicago available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Completely revised and updated, AIA Guide to Chicago, Second Edition is the liveliest and most wide-ranging guide ever written about Chicago's architecture. More than a thousand individual buildings are featured, along with more than four hundred photos-many taken expressly for this volume-and thirty-five specially commissioned maps. The book is arranged geographically so that the user, whether Chicago citizen or visitor, can tour each area of the city as conveniently as possible. Building descriptions focus on the illuminating-but easily overlooked-details that give the behind-the-scenes, often unexpected story of why a building took the shape it did. And in the best Chicago tradition, this guide does not shy away from opinions where opinions are called for. Comprehensively researched, meticulously written, and more than thorough.
AIA Guide to Chicago
AIA Guide to Chicago - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook AIA Guide to Chicago write by American Institute of Architects Chicago. This book was released on 2014-05-15. AIA Guide to Chicago available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An unparalleled architectural powerhouse, Chicago offers visitors and natives alike a panorama of styles and forms. The third edition of the AIA Guide to Chicago brings readers up to date on ten years of dynamic changes with new entries on smaller projects as well as showcases like the Aqua building, Trump Tower, and Millennium Park. Four hundred photos and thirty-four specially commissioned maps make it easy to find each of the one thousand-plus featured buildings, while a comprehensive index organizes buildings by name and architect. This edition also features an introduction providing an indispensable overview of Chicago's architectural history.
AIA Guide to Chicago
AIA Guide to Chicago - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook AIA Guide to Chicago write by American Institute of Architects. This book was released on 2014. AIA Guide to Chicago available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
AIA Guide to Chicago
AIA Guide to Chicago - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook AIA Guide to Chicago write by Alice Sinkevitch. This book was released on 1993. AIA Guide to Chicago available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture (Norton Pocket Guides)
Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture (Norton Pocket Guides) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture (Norton Pocket Guides) write by Judith Paine McBrien. This book was released on 2011-12-19. Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture (Norton Pocket Guides) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A handy guidebook that profiles a building per page, with a drawing and vital statistics on most of Chicago’s major historic and modern buildings.”—Chicago Tribune Updated and expanded to chart the changing urban landscape of Chicago--as well as to incorporate a section on Chicago’s campus architecture, including works by Rem Koolhaas at the Illinois Institute of Technology and Frank Lloyd Wright at the University of Chicago--the second edition of this popular handbook is a perfect companion for walking tours and an excellent source of background information for exploring the internationally acclaimed architecture of Chicago. Over 100 highlights of downtown Chicago are covered, from Michigan Avenue to the riverfront to the Loop, with accompanying maps, a glossary of architectural terms, and an index of architects and buildings.
