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Softcover. Condizione: Fine. Stiff wraps with flaps. Full-page color photos, text. ; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 224 pp; Universe Architecture Series.

Condizione: New. Universe Architecture Series; Universally recognized as an architectural center, Chicago contains some of the worldâs finest buildings by the most renowned architects of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, Mies van der Rohe, and many more left their stamp on the cityâs skyline and, as a result, influenced the practice of architecture across the globe. This book, published in association with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, features an in-depth analysis of forty-two seminal works of Chicago architecture. This accessible and engaging volume is the latest addition to the successful Universe Architecture Series. Both a guide for those visiting the city and a valuable reference for architecture enthusiasts, Chicago Architecture includes residential icons such as Mies van der Roheâs 860â"880 Lake Shore Drive, skyscraper prototypes such as Sullivanâs Schlesinger and Mayer Store (Carson Pirie Scott & Co.), and engineering masterpieces such as Skidmore, Owings & Merrillâs Sears Tower.…