Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300167040 ISBN 13: 9780300167047

Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago, 2011

Synopsis

Bertrand Goldberg (1913-1997) was a visionary Chicago architect whose designs for housing, urban planning, and industrial design made a distinctive mark in the modern era. This handsome publication, the first to focus in-depth on the entirety of Goldberg's life and work, traces his development from his early Bauhaus training to his notable architectural achievements. Featuring previously unpublished material, it also includes Goldberg's plans for unrealized projects as well as his collaborations with other prominent modern architects, such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Buckminster Fuller. 

Goldberg's interest in the social dimension of architecture was reflected in many of his cutting-edge designs. In 1959, he conceived the plan for his most iconic structure, the sixty-story Marina City residential towers, in the heart of downtown Chicago. He created a number of hospitals that offered a new paradigm for how patients and staff interacted within the space. Goldberg's progressive designs also extended to schools, prefabricated structures, and furniture.

Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago

Exhibition Schedule:

The Art Institute of Chicago
(09/10/11-01/15/12)

About this title

About the Author

Zoë Ryan is John H. Bryan Curator of Architecture and Design and Chair of the Department of Architecture and Design and Alison Fisher is Harold and Margot Schiff Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design, both at the Art Institute of Chicago. Elizabeth Smith is executive director of curatorial affairs at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Sarah Whiting is dean of Rice University School of Architecture.

Edition details

• Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300167040
• ISBN 13: 9780300167047
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192