By John Zukowsky and Martha Thorne
Widely regarded as a major center of American
architecture, the city of Chicago has gained international recognition
for its historic Chicago School of commercial building and its Prairie
School of residential design. The Art Institute of Chicago’s Department
of Architecture is a significant repository of some 150,000
architectural drawings, models, and building fragments documenting
Chicago’s rich architectural traditions from the Great Fire of 1871
through buildings today by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Perkins and
Will, Helmut Jahn, and others. This lavishly illustrated, accessible
publication discusses the trove of beautiful and important
architectural drawings and objects in the museum’s collection.
An
illustrated introduction by John
Zukowsky discusses the history of the museum’s department of
architecture in relation to its acquisitions and exhibition
installations as well as its role in documenting Chicago’s
architectural history of the last century. Entries on architectural
drawings, models, and color photographs of 50 of Chicago’s
celebrated buildings include the work of such noteworthy Chicago
architects as Louis Sullivan, Daniel Burnham, Frank Lloyd Wright, and
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. An illustrated epilogue by Martha Thorne examines contemporary
architecture in Chicago in the new millennium. A striking record of the city's great buildings—in drawings, models, and
actuality—Masterpieces of Chicago Architecture will remain a solid,
ready reference for years to come.
The Art Institute of Chicago and Rizzoli 2004
11 x 11 in.; 240 pages; 200 illustrations (100 in color)
Hardcover $65.00 ISBN 0-8478-2596-5
Order online from the Art Institute Museum Shop or call 1-800-905-8537.
Available to booksellers at wholesale prices from Rizzoli.
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