Signed by Kamin on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($37.50), bumped at the edges. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnists best essays, "including his acclaimed series advocating the intelligent development of Chicago's lakefront.".

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T�tulo

Why Architecture Matters; Lessons from Chicago

Editor

University of Chicago, Chicago

Fecha de publicaci�n

2001

Idioma

Ingl�s

ISBN 10

0226423212

ISBN 13

9780226423210

Encuadernaci�n

Hardcover

Edici�n

First Edition.

Estado

Fine

Estado de la sobrecubierta

Fine

Firmado

Firmado por el autor

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This work collects the best of architecture critic Blair Kamin's columns, including his acclaimed series advocating the intelligent development of Chicago's lakefront. Centred in Chicago, America's foremost architectural city, the book paints a portrait not just of soaring skyscrapers but also of vibrant immigrant neighbourhoods, troubled public housing projects, and sprawling suburbs. Using Chicago as a barometer of national design trends, the book sheds light on the state of American architecture during "the Nervous Nineties". It is a period of unparalleled affluence and underlying anxiety, of soothing retro buildings and provocative new ones that express the frenzied state of modern life. Chicago perfectly represents the decade's contradictions, rediscovering itself as a city but losing its architectural nerve. Throughout the book Kamin pursues the question of how people actually use space, and how architects and planners might better design it to enrich human experience. Architecture matters, he argues, because it simultaneously reflects and affects how we live.

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Blair Kamin has been the architecture critic of the Chicago Tribune since 1992. He also is a contributing editor of Architectural Record. His work has been recognized with 20 professional awards, including such major honors as the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, the George Polk Award for Criticism and the American Institute of Architects' Institute Honor for Collaborative Achievement. Kamin also wrote the commentaries for Tribune Tower: American Landmark. He lives in a classic Chicago frame house with his wife, Chicago Tribune writer Barbara Mahany, and their son Willie.

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