The Chicago Tribune Tower competition : skyscraper design and cultural change in the 1920s / Katherine Solomonson.

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Solomonson, Katherine, 1956-

Title & Author:

The Chicago Tribune Tower competition : skyscraper design and cultural change in the 1920s / Katherine Solomonson.

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Description:

xiii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Series:

Modern architecture and cultural identity

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Planning the Competition -- 2. Class Appeal" for the Masses: Imagining Community -- 3. Conducting the Competition, Shaping an International Agenda -- 4. Design for Advertising -- 5. The Gothic Skyscraper: "Ancient Beauty" versus "Ultra Modern" -- 6. City of Towers: Transforming the Skyscraper -- 7. Tribune Tower: Constructing a Corporate Icon.

Summary:

"The Chicago Tribune Tower competition was one of the largest and most controversial design contests of the 1920s. Sponsored by the Chicago Tribune for the design of its new office building, the international competition generated a plethora of proposals revealing widely varied conceptions of the skyscraper. When the jury awarded first prize to a Gothic-style tower, the decision sparked controversy on both sides of the Atlantic."--Jacket.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0521590566 (hb)
9780521590563 (hb)

Subject:

Tribune Tower (Chicago, Ill.)
International Competition for a New Administration Building for the Chicago Tribune (1922 : Chicago, Ill.)
International competition for a new administration building for the Chicago tribune, MCMXXII.
Skyscrapers Illinois Chicago Designs and plans.
Gratte-ciel Illinois Chicago Dessins et plans.
Skyscrapers.
Wolkenkrabbers.
Cultuurverandering.
Prijsvragen.
Illinois Chicago.

Form/genre:

architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings.
Dessins d'architecture.

Added entries:

Modern architecture and cultural identity.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 215810
Call No.: NA2340.C5 2001
Status: Available

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