The latest edition of the original and best guide to Chicago
architecture for tourists and residents. One of the premier
architectural cities of the United States--if not the world--Chicago
boasts a breathtaking skyline, dozens of architectural monuments, and a
historic legacy few other cities can equal. And it's still growing!
Since its first appearance in 1965, Chicago's Famous Buildings has
been the standard and bestselling guide to the city's architectural
riches. Now thoroughly revised and updated, this fifth edition will
remain the leading pocket guide to some of the world's greatest urban
architecture.
Chicago's Famous Buildings, fifth edition, completely updated and
revised by Franz Schulze and Kevin Harrington, covers more than a decade
of extraordinary new architecture and takes a fresh look back at the
city's classical legacy of Adler, Sullivan, Burnham, Root, Wright, and
Mies van der Rohe. The authors have added many new descriptions and
images of the most important projects in Chicago since the fourth
edition, including the massive reconstruction of Grant Park around Frank
Gehry's Music Pavilion, and they cover as well the current status of
older buildings--some destroyed, others, such as Burnham's Reliance
Building, marvelously restored and brought back to life. Chicago's
Famous Buildings, fifth edition, also includes expanded sections on the
city's future and the development of its diverse neighborhoods,
presented with new maps to serve as an even more effective walking
guide. A glossary of architectural terms, an extensive index, and more
than sixty new photographs of both old and new buildings bring this
guide completely up-to-date.
Authoritative, informative, and easier to use than ever before, this
fifth edition of Chicago's Famous Buildings will serve tourists and
residents alike as the leading architectural guide to the treasures of
this marvelous city.
