Why Architecture Matters; Lessons from Chicago

Kamin, Blair

ISBN 10: 0226423212 / ISBN 13: 9780226423210

Editore: University of Chicago, Chicago, 2001

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Signed by Kamin on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($37.50), bumped at the edges. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnists best essays, "including his acclaimed series advocating the intelligent development of Chicago's lakefront.".

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• Titolo: Why Architecture Matters; Lessons from Chicago
• Editore: University of Chicago, Chicago
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0226423212
• ISBN 13: 9780226423210
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: First Edition.
• Condizione: Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Fine
• Firmato: Autografato dall'autore
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Art & Design

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Riassunto

For more than a decade, Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin has been writing fiery, intelligent essays on the state of contemporary architecture. His subjects range from high-rises to highways, parks to public housing, Frank Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry. Why Architecture Matters collects the best of Kamin's acclaimed columns, offering both a look at America's foremost architectural city and a taste of Kamin's penetrating, witty style of critique.

Informazioni sull?autore

Blair Kamin has been the architecture critic of the Chicago Tribune since 1992. He also is a contributing editor of Architectural Record. His work has been recognized with 20 professional awards, including such major honors as the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, the George Polk Award for Criticism and the American Institute of Architects' Institute Honor for Collaborative Achievement. Kamin also wrote the commentaries for Tribune Tower: American Landmark. He lives in a classic Chicago frame house with his wife, Chicago Tribune writer Barbara Mahany, and their son Willie.