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The Architecture of Chicago’s Beverly Hills / Morgan Park By Mati Maldre
“The Architecture of Chicago’s Beverly Hills/Morgan Park is the first complete large-format visual record published of these Southwest Side twin communities in Chicago. The...
Doorways of Chicago by Ronnie Frey
"Doorways of Chicago offers a new and colorful photographic tour of one of the world’s most exciting cities."With more than 100 photographs of Chicago’s...
Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago by Will Quam
"A remarkable exploration of Chicago’s architectural history through the humble brick."By the late 1920s, at its peak of brick making and consumption, Chicago was...
Stanley Tigerman: Drawing on the Ineffable Edited by George Papamattheakis
"At his passing in 2019, Stanley Tigerman had been one of the city’s most influential architects for almost 60 years. The Chicago native worked...
The Skyscraper and The White City: The Genius and the Tragedy of John Wellborn Root by Gerald R. Larson
"John Wellborn Root's the leading designer and theoretician among Chicago's architects during the 1880s. He designed more skyscrapers than all those designed by the...
Robie House: A Frank Lloyd Wright Masterpiece by Patrick F. Cannon with Photography by James Caulfield
"A lavishly illustrated guide to one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most important residential buildings"Completed in 1910, Robie House was one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s...
The Legacy of Julius Rosenwald a Film by Lincoln Presidential Foundation and Looking for Lincoln Nominated for a 2025 Mid-America Emmy Award
"The film, “The Legacy of Julius Rosenwald” has been nominated for a 2025 Mid-America Emmy award!"The film, highlighting the life and works of Julius...
Walter Thomas Bailey: Staring into the Yawning Gulf of Eternity by Dean R. Karau with Dr. Kwesi Daniels, Tuskegee University
"Walter T. Bailey was the first Black American to earn a B. S. degree in architecture from the University of Illinois (1904); the first...
Rosenwald: Toward a More Perfect Union trailer
"The extraordinary story of a forgotten philanthropist, a Jewish son of immigrants from Chicago who became a champion for black education with in the...
Starship Chicago II: What Gives a Building a Soul? A film by Nathan Eddy
Starship Chicago II
World premiere of Starship Chicago II, a film produced and directed by Nathan Eddy."Chicago's postmodern people’s palace, the seventeenth-floor James R. Thompson...