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Many books have been written about the University of Chicago over its 120-year history, but most of them focus on the intellectual environment, favoring its great thinkers and their many breakthroughs. Yet for the students and scholars who live and work here, the physical university-its stately buildings and beautiful grounds-forms an important part of its character. Building Ideas: An Architectural Guide to the University of Chicago explores the environment that has supported more than a century of exceptional thinkers. This photographic guide traces the evolution of campus architecture from the university's founding in 1890 to its plans for the twenty-first century. When William Rainey Harper, the university's first president, and the trustees decided to build a set of Gothic quadrangles, they created a visual link to European precursors and made a bold statement about the future of higher education in the United States. Since then the university has regularly commissioned forward-thinking architects to design buildings that expand-or explode-traditional ideals while redefining the contemporary campus. Full of panoramic photographs and exquisite details, Building Ideas features the work of architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Ives Cobb, Holabird & Roche, Eero Saarinen, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Netsch, Ricardo Legorreta, Rafael Vinoly, Cesar Pelli, Helmut Jahn, and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. The guide also includes guest commentaries by prominent architects and other notable public figures. It is the perfect collection for Chicago alumni and students, Hyde Park residents and visitors, and anyone inspired by the institutional ideas and aspirations of architecture.Product Identifiers
PublisherThe University of Chicago Press
ISBN-139780226046808
eBay Product ID (ePID)152365990
Product Key Features
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBuilding Ideas: an Architectural Guide to the University of Chicago
Publication Year2013
SubjectCoaching & Career Guidance
TypeTextbook
AuthorJay Pridmore
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height252 mm
Item Weight818 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorJay Pridmore