The Chicago Tribune Tower competition : skyscraper design and cultural change in the 1920s

The Chicago Tribune Tower competition : skyscraper design and cultural change in the 1920s / Katherine Solomonson.

Author/creator	Solomonson, Katherine, 1956-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2001.
Description	xiii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	International competition for a new administration building for the Chicago tribune, MCMXXII. Tribune Tower (Chicago, Ill.) Skyscrapers--Illinois --Chicago --Designs and plans. Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Contents	Planning the competition. -- "Class appeal" for the masses: imaging community. -- Conducting the competition, shaping an international agenda. -- Design for advertising. -- The Gothic skyscraper: "ancient beauty" versus "ultra modern" -- City of towers: transforming the skyscraper. -- Tribune Tower: constructing a corporate icon.
General note	Originally published: New York : Cambridge University Press, c2001.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-361) and index.
LCCN	2003053129
ISBN	0226768007 (alk. paper)
ISBN	9780226768007 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	NA 6233.C4 C466 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold