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The Chicago Tribune Tower competition : skyscraper design and cultural change in the 1920s

Title: The Chicago Tribune Tower competition : skyscraper design and cultural change in the 1920s / Katherine Solomonson.
Author: Solomonson, Katherine, 1956-
Publication: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

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Description

xiii, 370 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

"The Chicago Tribune Tower competition was one of the largest and most controversial design contests of the 1920s. Sponsored by the Chicago Tribune for the design of its new office building, the international competition generated a plethora of proposals revealing widely varied conceptions of the skyscraper. When the jury awarded first prize to a Gothic-style tower, the decision sparked controversy on both sides of the Atlantic."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Modern architecture and cultural identity

Uniform Title

Modern architecture and cultural identity

Subject

Genre/Form

Architectural drawings.

Note

First prize winners: John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-361) and index.

Contents

1. Planning the Competition -- 2. Class Appeal" for the Masses: Imagining Community -- 3. Conducting the Competition, Shaping an International Agenda -- 4. Design for Advertising -- 5. Gothic Skyscraper: "Ancient Beauty" versus "Ultra Modern" -- 6. City of Towers: Transforming the Skyscraper -- 7. Tribune Tower: Constructing a Corporate Icon.

ISBN

0521590566
9780521590563

LCCN

00040356

OCLC

ocm59549735
59549735
SCSB-9120324

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library