More than three hundred superb photographs--with fifty pages in color--and historical drawings document over 120 imposing villas and grand estates built up and down the Hudson River Valley over the last three hundred years

Hudson River Villas

John Zukowsky

Robbe Pierce Stimson

Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.

Mies Reconsidered: His Career, Legacy, and Disciples

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Rizzoli

Book by John Zukowsky, David Van Zanten, Carol Herselle Krinsky

Chicago and New York: Architectural Interactions (an exhibition catalogue)

David Van Zanten

Carol Herselle Krinsky

The Art Institute of Chicago

Neoclassicism’s most prominent exponent in Prussia, Karl Friedrich Schinkel is revered today for his reshaping of Berlin as Prussia’s capital, and for catalyzing the Greek Revival in Germany. Most of Berlin’s most famous Neoclassical structures are his doing--the Neue Wache, the Schauspielhaus, the Gendarmenmarkt and the Altes Museum, for example. His Bauakademie of 1836 is even considered by many to foreshadow the austerity and clean lines of German Modernist architecture. But Schinkel is equally revered for his legacy of architectural drawing and unbuilt works, gathered (from the Schinkel archives) herein, making this book the definitive Schinkel primer.

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1781-1841: The Drama of Architecture

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Schinkel, Karl Friedrich

Wasmuth; Et Al

2001: Building for Space Travel

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Art Institute of Chicago

Benjamin Marshall's contribution to the skyline of Chicago finally receives its due in this masterful volume on his life and work. Marshall (1874-1944), maybe even more than some of his famed architect peers, bridged the gap between the classical and modern by blending traditional design with modern details and amenities. From the French Empire style Blackstone Hotel and Theatre (1908-10) and the Renaissance Drake Hotel (1919), to like-styled luxury apartment towers of the interwar years such as 1550 North State Parkway (1913) and 209 East Lake Shore Drive (1924), Marshall s command of historical styles is on display. Beyond Chicago, Marshall s work stretched across the United States, particularly with theaters during the first decade of the twentieth century and later with hotels from Chicago down through Mississippi. Marshall is perhaps best remembered as a Ziegfeld-like personality who was essentially an architectural as well as real estate impresario. Through text and images, this volume will transport you to flapper-era Chicago, offering a glimpse into Marshall's Gatsby-like lifestyle, as well as his comparably immersive buildings. These experiential spaces include works from his entire practice, from elaborate French classical theaters such as the Maxine Elliott in New York (1908), to the Edgewater Beach Hotel (1916), a veritable resort in Chicago, to his own studio in Wilmette, Illinois (1921-25), whose elaborate gardens and furnishings in a theme park like atmosphere was visited by celebrities and showgirls alike. Beyond his dynamic life and work, Marshall left a great legacy of buildings in Chicago. In creating these extraordinary architectural environments, Benjamin Marshall helped shape the city that we see today, elevating building types such as theaters, country clubs, urban hotels, and multifamily dwellings to another level of architectural achievement.

Benjamin H. Marshall, Chicago Architect

Biographies & Memoirs

Jean Guarino

Arts & Literature

Acanthus Press

Chicago Architecture, 1872-1922: Birth of a Metropolis accompanies a major traveling exhibition of the same name. Including twenty essays by leading specialists, it surveys those international interactions which helped Chicago to become the mid-western metropolis that it is today. This lavishly illustrated volume, which also contains an extensive catalogue section and an annotated bibliography, provides a contribution of lasting value to the scholarship on this important topic. The second volume and sequel is Chicago Architecture and Design 1923-1993, which is the first volume to document the architectural evolution of the city in relation to the social and architectural environments before and after the Great Depression and World War II. The book identifies significant changes in city planning, land use, and transportation, and it explores some of the most exciting architecture in the world in the context of America's political, social, and cultural climate. The book contains over 600 illustrations, including line drawings of key sites and specially commissioned photographs of buildings, furniture, and other artifacts. The plates are accompanied by extensive annotations. Seventeen original and authoritative essays by scholars working in a variety of fields, including design history and American studies, offer a panoramic view of the mature twentieth-century city.

Chicago Architecture (2-Volume Set)

Prestel Pub

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