Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago (Signed Copy)

Kamin, Blair

ISBN 10: 0226423212 / ISBN 13: 9780226423210

Published by Univ of Chicago Pr, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., 2001

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SIGNED and dated 2001 with a personalized inscription by Kamin on half title page. An excellent, clean copy of the first printing.

Seller Inventory # 124917

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago (Signed Copy)
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226423212
• ISBN 13: 9780226423210
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art, Photography and Architecture

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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.