ReZoning Chicago's Modernisms: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Remment Koolhaas, the IIT Campus and its Bronzeville Prehistory (1914-2003) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781456540814)

This book critically analyzes Mies van der Rohe and Remment Koolhaas' architectural projects at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), which is located in the predominently Black neighborhood of Bronzeville on the south side of the city of Chicago. It examines the role of the academy in the webs of power inherent to postwar American knowledge production. It also explores the relationship between IIT, the neighborhood it inhabits and the architectural reaction of Mies and Koolhaas to Bronzeville. The political, economic, cultural, and institutional circumstances that each architect encountered during their tenures at IIT form the context for the examination of the work of Mies and Koolhaas.

Author: Sherry Tierney
ISBN-10: 1456540815
ISBN-13: 9781456540814
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/09/2011
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.33d