Living Architecture; A Discussion of Present Day Problems in a Collection of Essays Written for and Sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Chicago, A. Kroch, 1930. 8vo. 178 pp. Hard cover. Good. Blue cloth covered boards. Wear on boards, and discoloration on sides, with sunned spine. Pages fine. B&W plates throughout.
Most of the articles appeared on consecutive Sundays in the Chicago Herald and Examiner, in the fall and winter of 1929-1930.
Contents:
Introduction / The editor. --
Tall buildings of today / John A. Holabird, Henry J.B. Hoskins. --
On planetaria / Ernest A. Grunsfeld, Jr. --
The planning and architecture of public aquaria / Edwin H. Clark. --
Centers of college life / Irving K. Pond. --
When school architecture is distinguished / John L. Hamilton. --
Modern opera houses in Europe and America / Alfred Shaw. --
History of cinema theater architecture / George L. Rapp. --
Chicago theater building in retrospect / Arthur Woltersdorf. --
Planning branch libraries / Carl B. Roden. --
Prison architecture through the ages / Ralph W. Zimmerman. --
The rise and growth of hospitals / Richard E. Schmidt. --
Chicago churches / Thomas E. Tallmadge. --
Architectural expression for Chicago's World Fair / Hubert Burnham. --
Distinction in brick architecture / Barry Byrne. --
Thoughts on cooperative apartments / Henry K. Holsman. --
A new era dawns in housing / Eugene H. Klaber. --
The landscape setting of buildings / Jacob L. Crane, Jr. --
Toward an American architecture / Irving K. Pond. --
Biographical notes.
From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz. Item #18-7322
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