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The 100-year history of Schwinn, the best-known name in American bicycling. German immigrant Ignaz Schwinn launched the company that bears his name in...
Des Moines boasts a remarkable architectural portfolio rich in depth and quality. The town drew wide attention in the nineteenth century with structur...
Celebrating 150 Years
Published in celebration of the university sesquicentennial, this text chronicles Northwestern's history, from the effort to found an institution of t...
The Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise
The full-page layout of photographs by architectural photographer Hedrich Blessing, which show the magnificent skyscrapers of Chicago in a variety of ...
The birthplace of the skyscraper, Chicago is famous for an architectural tradition that has influenced building around the globe. It is the cradle of ...
A Building Book from the Chicago Architecture Foundation
Commissioned by Ferdinand Peck and produced by architects Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler--soon to be leaders of the Chicago School--in 1889, the Aud...
Examines Chicago's finest buildings from the viewpoint of interior architecture, including Tribune Tower, Harold Washington Library, and State of Illi...
An Architectural Guide to the University of Chicago
Many books have been written about the University of Chicago over its 120-year history, but most of them focus on the intellectual environment, favori...
This petite volume provides the history of one of Chicago's early skyscrapers, from its inception, initial success, later disrepair, and meticulous re...
The Nation's Largest Retailer wanted the largest headquarters in the nation, and they got it -- in spades. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM...
At the time of its construction, the Marshall Field's Department Store was the largest department store in the world. Photographs and text detail the ...
Selected and Current Works
Goettsch Partners' contemporary approach to architecture is explored through the projects superbly presented in this Master Architect monograph....
The History of Ferry Hall and Lake Forest Academy
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Emotion in Modern Architecture
I. W. Colburn: Emotion in Modern Architecture chronicles the career of one of Chicago's most influential mid-century modernists. Colburn's houses, ins...
The Architecture of China's Great Urban Center
Shanghai is China's largest city, comparable to New York or Tokyo. In the last decades of the 20th century, Shanghai was seen as the engine of moderni...
Building Community
"Jack Kessler: Building Community chronicles the life and times of John W. Kessler, co-founder and chairman of The New Albany Company. Jay Pridmore's ...
Inside Journalism
The Campus Guide
Northwestern University: The Campus Guide takes readers on a vivid trip through this campus's compelling history from the 19th century to the present ...
Ten-year monograph on the leading Chicago firm bKL Architecture....
This is the very first biography of a twentieth century powerhouse couple who, with prescient and persistent methodologies and hearts, gave four decad...
Jockey International
The Lives of Ralph E. and Marguerite Stitt Church
""Politics, Partnerships, and Power: The Lives of Ralph E. and Marguerite Stitt Church" is a historical biography of Marguerite Stitt and Ralph Church...
A History of the Bank
A Family Enterprise at 150 Years
A Family Business in America
175th anniversary history of The Knapheide Manufacturing Company, Quincy Illinois...
A History
This beautifully illustrated history of Northwestern University is now available in an updated edition. Published originally in 2000 in celebration of...