AIA Guide to Chicago

by American Institute of Architects Chicago and American Institute of Architects

Book Overview

An unparalleled architectural powerhouse, Chicago offers visitors and natives alike a panorama of styles and forms. The third edition of the AIA Guide to Chicago brings readers up to date on ten years... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156029081
• ISBN13: 9780156029087
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Harvest Books
• Length: 574 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Windy City

Only one other city is so steaped in architecture history than Chicago and this guide does a commendable job of highlighting the most important Chicago buildings, the synopsis on each building is susinct, the only qualm I have is that there are not more pictures, I also wish the authors had ventured more into the suburbs and commented on some of the great houses in Lake Forest and Highland Park, but that omission does not mar the overall enjoyment of this scholarly guide. If you are interested in architecture at all, I recommend you pick up this book, Chicago is so steaped in architecture history and this is a good guide to the best examples.

a solid, valuable visual guide to Chicago's architecture

Chicago is generally known as one of the centers of modernist architecture, and this visual guidebook, complete with maps, photographs and authoritative little essays on most of the important buildings, is a must-buy if you plan to tour this richly textured urban center. It's also one of the best small resources for anyone interested in architecture from 1850 to the present. Inexpensive, designed to slip in your pocket, it holds up well-- I depend upon mine to help me with the walking tours of the city I give on a regular basis, and it's still in one piece after three or more years of hard use.