Marina City: Bertrand Goldberg's Urban Vision - Softcover

Marjanovic, Igor; Ray, Katerina R�edi

9781568988634: Marina City: Bertrand Goldberg's Urban Vision

Softcover

ISBN 10: 156898863X ISBN 13: 9781568988634

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, 2010

Chicago has many iconic buildings, but perhaps none as instantly recognizable as Bertrand Goldberg's Marina City,commonly referred to as the "corncob buildings." Occupying an entire city block, the mixed-use riverside complex consists of two cylindrical sixty-five-story residential towers, a saddle-shaped auditorium, and a midrise office building. Each tower contains more than four hundred apartments and a continuous, upward-spiraling ramp of parking spaces. Built in 1964 at a moment when Chicagoans were fleeing to the suburbs, the hugely ambitious project was architect Goldberg's attempt to save the city of Chicago.In Marina City, authors Igor Marjanovic and Katerina Redi Ray present the first history of this architectural landmark. Featuring newly available archive photographs and drawings, this unique building's biography contains lively essays that explore not only the buildings architectural achievements, but also the ingenious marketing campaign and complex netwo

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About the Author:

Igor Marjanovic is an assistant professor of architecture and undergraduate core coordinator at Washington University in St. Louis. He is a principal of ReadyMade Studio.

Katerina R�edi Ray is the director of the School of Art at Bowling Green State University and a principal of ReadyMade Studio.

Review:

"Lively essays and black and white images describe the buildings design achievements and the political maneuvers that made the buildings possible." -- Architectural Record, February 2011

"Highly recommended." -- Chicago.org

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