Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago

by Blair Kamin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226423220
• ISBN13: 9780226423227
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"