{"product_id":"chicagoisms-alexander-eisenschmidt-9783906027159","title":"Chicagoisms: The City as Catalyst for Architectural Speculation","description":"Chicago has long captured the global imagination as a place of tall, shining buildings rising from the fog, the playground for many of architecture's greats--from Mies van der Rohe to Frank Lloyd Wright--and a surprising epicenter for modern construction and building techniques. In this beautifully illustrated volume, Alexander Eisenschmidt and Jonathan Mekinda have brought together a diverse pool of curators, artists, architects, historians, critics, and theorists to produce a multifarious portrait of the Second City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLooking at events as far back as the 1933 exhibition \"Early Modern Architecture in Chicago,\" \u003ci\u003eChicagoisms \u003c\/i\u003eis remarkable for the breadth of its topics and the depth of its essays. From more abstract ventures like tracking the boom-and-bust cycle of Chicago's commitment to architecture and the influence of the Chicago grid system of Mies van der Rohe, to more straightforward studies of the \"Americanization\" of Berlin, the editors have chosen essays that convey the complex and varied history and culture of Chicago's architecture. More than simply an architectural biography of the city, \u003ci\u003eChicagoisms\u003c\/i\u003e shows Chicago to have an important role as a catalyst for international development and pinpoints its remarkable influence around the world. The contributors explore topics as diverse as Daniel Burnham's vision and OMA's student center for the Illinois Institute of Technology, and show them to all be indelibly products of Chicago. This volume is published to coincide with the exhibition \u003ci\u003eChicagoisms: The City as Catalyst for Architectural Speculation\u003c\/i\u003e opening at the Art Institute of Chicago, opening in June 2013.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Eisenschmidt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3906027155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783906027159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Park Publishing (WI)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.86h x 8.47w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014","brand":"Alexander Eisenschmidt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46739261948159,"sku":"9783906027159","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_781d04be-f291-43e6-a4eb-e2d3fbbfd1fb.jpg?v=1743277685","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chicagoisms-alexander-eisenschmidt-9783906027159","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}