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OverviewWhen championing the commercial buildings and homes that made the Windy City famous, one can’t help but mention the brilliant names of their architects—Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright, among others. But few people are aware of Henry Ives Cobb (1859–1931), the man responsible for an extraordinarily rich chapter in the city’s turn-of-the-century building boom, and fewer still realize Cobb’s lasting importance as a designer of the private and public institutions that continue to enrich Chicago’s exceptional architectural heritage. Henry Ives Cobb’s Chicago is the first book about this distinguished architect and the magnificent buildings he created, including the Newberry Library, the Chicago Historical Society, the Chicago Athletic Association, the Fisheries Building for the 1893 World’s Fair, and the Chicago Federal Building. Cobb filled a huge institutional void with his inventive Romanesque and Gothic buildings—something that the other architect-giants, occupied largely with residential and commercial work, did not do. Edward W. Wolner argues that these constructions and the enterprises they housed—including the first buildings and master plan for the University of Chicago—signaled that the city had come of age, that its leaders were finally pursuing the highest ambitions in the realms of culture and intellect. Assembling a cast of colorful characters from a free-wheeling age gone by, and including over 140 images of Cobb’s most creative buildings, Henry Ives Cobb’s Chicago is a rare achievement: a dynamic portrait of an architect whose institutional designs decisively changed the city’s identity during its most critical phase of development. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Edward W. WolnerPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 2.20cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 2.80cm Weight: 1.531kg ISBN: 9780226905617ISBN 10: 0226905616 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 30 June 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is one of the best books on a single architect I have ever read. It opens up new perspectives not only on Cobb, but on several other important aspects of American history - economic, social, and political - as well. From a literary standpoint, it is a work of art. (Sally A. Kitt Chappell, DePaul University) """This is one of the best books on a single architect I have ever read. It opens up new perspectives not only on Cobb, but on several other important aspects of American history - economic, social, and political - as well. From a literary standpoint, it is a work of art."" (Sally A. Kitt Chappell, DePaul University)""" Author InformationEdward W. Wolner teaches architectural history and the Western humanities in the Department of Architecture and the Honors College at Ball State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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