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A view from the river : the Chicago Architecture Foundation river cruise

Tác giả: Jennifer Marjorie Bosch, Angie McMonigal

The story of Chicago is the story of its river. A View from the River is an essential guide to more than 60 significant buildings and structures along the Chicago River. This visual tour, filled with stunning contemporary photography and a variety of historical images, serves as a companion to the ...

Southern exposure : the overlooked architecture of Chicago's South Side

Tác giả: Lee Bey, Amanda Williams

Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side is the first book devoted to the South Side’s rich and unfairly ignored architectural heritage. The book features an array of landmarks—from a Space Age dry cleaner to a nineteenth-century lagoon that meanders down the middle of ...

A field guide to American houses

Tác giả: Virginia Savage McAlester

This revised edition includes a section on neighborhoods; expanded and completely new categories of house styles with photos and descriptions of each; an appendix on "Approaches to Construction in the 20th and 21st Centuries"; an expanded bibliography; and 600 new photographs and line drawings.

The language of architecture : 26 principles every architect should know

Tác giả: Andrea Simitch, Val Warke

The Language of Architecture provides students and professional architects with the basic elements of architectural design, divided into twenty-six easy-to-comprehend chapters. This visual reference includes an introduction to architecture design, historical view of the elements, as well as an ...

Modern Tropical : houses in the sun

Tác giả: Oscar Riera Ojeda, Byron Hawes

This book presents some of the most innovative interpretations of the genre from the past five years by internationally recognized architects and interior decorators, such as Tadao Ando, as well the work of young up-and-comers of great talent, including German-born, Bali-based Alexis Dornier, and ...