The Inland Architect and News Record Volume 29-30
The Inland Architect and News Record Volume 29-30

Author: Anonymous

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9781230005270

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...at Wilmette; brick basement, Dutch gambrel roof, to be finished in fiat sawed oak, Flemish finish, have modern plumbing, gas fixtures, furnace, mantels, sideboards, etc. Also made plans tor a temporary schoolhouse, to cost 5, uoo; to be erected at Evanston by Carl Anderson, and rented to School Boar: it will be called the Emerson Street School; it will be two stories, 50 by 60 feet in size, of brick, and will be converted into stores and flats later on. Also just finishing up ten houses in Rogers Park for J. V. Farwell. Architects Bishop & Colard: Madeplans for five two-sto residences, to be erected at 4 42 to 4450 Prairie avenue, Messrs. Clark & rainer; they will be of presse brick stone fronts, have alii the modern sanitary improvements, glflllgflfi, sideboards, gas and electric fixtures, steam heating, gas ranges and rep aces. Architect H. H. Richards: For C. McLouth, a two-story fiat and twostory residence, to be erected at Sixty-sixth street and Champlain avenue; to have a front of bufi' pressed brick, with bufl' Bedford stone triminings, hardwood interior finish, mantels, sideboards, gas and electric fixtures, gas ran es and fireplaces, the modern open plumbing, steam heating, electric light, aundry fixtures, cement work, etc Also prepared drawings for a three story apartment house, 50 by i3: feet in size, to be erected at 553i Indiana avenue; it will have a front of pressed brick, stone and terra cotta, hardwood interior finish, mantels, sideboard: -1, s and electric fixtures, gas ranges and fireplaces, the best of modern plum ing, steam heating, electric light, laundry fixtures, electric bells and s aking tubes. For J, P. Townley, a two-story and basement fiat building, 22 y 8i feet in size, to be erected at Washtenaw avenue...

Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934
Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934

Author: Thomas Leslie

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2013-05-15

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0252094794

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A detailed tour, inside and out, of Chicago's distinctive towers from an earlier age For more than a century, Chicago's skyline has included some of the world's most distinctive and inspiring buildings. This history of the Windy City's skyscrapers begins in the key period of reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1871 and concludes in 1934 with the onset of the Great Depression, which brought architectural progress to a standstill. During this time, such iconic landmarks as the Chicago Tribune Tower, the Wrigley Building, the Marshall Field and Company Building, the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Palmolive Building, the Masonic Temple, the City Opera, Merchandise Mart, and many others rose to impressive new heights, thanks to innovations in building methods and materials. Solid, earthbound edifices of iron, brick, and stone made way for towers of steel and plate glass, imparting a striking new look to Chicago's growing urban landscape. Thomas Leslie reveals the daily struggles, technical breakthroughs, and negotiations that produced these magnificent buildings. He also considers how the city's infamous political climate contributed to its architecture, as building and zoning codes were often disputed by shifting networks of rivals, labor unions, professional organizations, and municipal bodies. Featuring more than a hundred photographs and illustrations of the city's physically impressive and beautifully diverse architecture, Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871–1934 highlights an exceptionally dynamic, energetic period of architectural progress in Chicago.

Louis Sullivan
Louis Sullivan

Author: Hugh Morrison

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2001-07-31

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780393321616

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"The first definitive biography of the now-famous architect, Hugh Morrison's Louis Sullivan: Prophet of Modern Architecture is still the best introduction to his work. This reissue provides Morrison's original text and illustrations in a larger, more modern format. It also offers an assessment of Morrison's ground-breaking research, in Timothy J. Samuelson's Introduction, and, most important, an authoritative revision of the chronological List of Buildings, including corrections of the data in light of six decades of research. Working from Morrison's original notes, Samuelson has restored a number of photographic images intended for the original edition and has replaced some photographs with alternate images that more accurately represent the buildings. He has also added a selected bibliography of important works about Sullivan"--Page 4 of cover

Rise of the Modern Hospital
Rise of the Modern Hospital

Author: Jeanne Kisacky

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2017-12-02

Total Pages: 479

ISBN-13: 0822981610

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Rise of the Modern Hospital is a focused examination of hospital design in the United States from the 1870s through the 1940s. This understudied period witnessed profound changes in hospitals as they shifted from last charitable resorts for the sick poor to premier locations of cutting-edge medical treatment for all classes, and from low-rise decentralized facilities to high-rise centralized structures. Jeanne Kisacky reveals the changing role of the hospital within the city, the competing claims of doctors and architects for expertise in hospital design, and the influence of new medical theories and practices on established traditions. She traces the dilemma designers faced between creating an environment that could function as a therapy in and of itself and an environment that was essentially a tool for the facilitation of increasingly technologically assisted medical procedures. Heavily illustrated with floor plans, drawings, and photographs, this book considers the hospital building as both a cultural artifact, revelatory of external medical and social change, and a cultural determinant, actively shaping what could and did take place within hospitals.

Louise Blanchard Bethune
Louise Blanchard Bethune

Author: Johanna Hays

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-02-07

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0786476761

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Louise Blanchard Bethune, the subject of this biography, was America's first female professional architect. She belonged to the influential group of pioneer architects--Daniel Burnham, John Root and Louis Sullivan--who supported her in becoming a fellow of the American Institute of Architects. In the booming industrial city of Buffalo, she preceded Frank Lloyd Wright and Alfred Kahn in factory design and was the key designer of the modern urban public school building, developing standards still used today. During her career (1881-1905) Bethune was consistently one of the most successful architects practicing in Buffalo and the driving force behind New York State's professional organizations for architects. Beyond setting standards for public schools, she was the go-to architect for factories, warehouses, police stations, a Nikola Tesla power transfer station, and the largest luxury hotel of the early 1900s. Bethune moved from a small town on the Erie Canal--the economic and technological marvel of the antebellum period--to a rapidly industrializing major American city, following the urban migration of many Americans. Unlike many women of her day she seized the promise of the growing nation to pursue life, liberty, and happiness in an occupation of her choice and succeeded.