Why Architecture Matters; Lessons from Chicago

Kamin, Blair

ISBN 10: 0226423212 / ISBN 13: 9780226423210

Published by University of Chicago, Chicago, 2001

About this Item

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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why Architecture Matters; Lessons from Chicago
• Publisher: University of Chicago, Chicago
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226423212
• ISBN 13: 9780226423210
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art & Design

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Synopsis

For more than a decade, Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin has been writing fiery, intelligent essays on the state of contemporary architecture. His subjects range from high-rises to highways, parks to public housing, Frank Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry. Why Architecture Matters collects the best of Kamin's acclaimed columns, offering both a look at America's foremost architectural city and a taste of Kamin's penetrating, witty style of critique.

About the Author

Blair Kamin is the author or editor of several books, including Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago and Terror and Wonder: Architecture in a Tumultuous Age. The Chicago Tribune’s architecture critic for 28 years, Kamin was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1999.