Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago
Autor Blair Kaminen Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 iul 2003
For more than a decade, Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin has been writing fiery, intelligent essays on the state of contemporary architecture. His subjects range from high-rises to highways, parks to public housing, Frank Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry. Why Architecture Matters collects the best of Kamin's acclaimed columns, offering both a look at America's foremost architectural city and a taste of Kamin's penetrating, witty style of critique.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226423227
ISBN-10: 0226423220
Pagini: 408
Ilustrații: 70 halftones, 8 maps
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.74 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10: 0226423220
Pagini: 408
Ilustrații: 70 halftones, 8 maps
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.74 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Notă biografică
Blair Kamin has been the architecture critic of the Chicago Tribune since 1992. He also is a contributing editor of Architectural Record. His work has been recognized with 20 professional awards, including such major honors as the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, the George Polk Award for Criticism and the American Institute of Architects' Institute Honor for Collaborative Achievement. Kamin also wrote the commentaries for Tribune Tower: American Landmark. He lives in a classic Chicago frame house with his wife, Chicago Tribune writer Barbara Mahany, and their son Willie.
Cuprins
Introduction
Part One - The Evolving Metropolis
The Mediocre Mile
The Mayor's Maypole: Boul Mich Pylon Plan Reason to Hoist Warning Flags
Twice Cursed: Rehabbed Marriott Is Miles and Miles from Magnificent
Faking History: Disney's Make-Believe Architecture Is Just What Michigan Avenue Doesn't Need
That Comeback Street
Stately Street: Retro Renovation Puts a Once-Great Shopping Mecca on the Road to Economic and Aesthetic Recovery
An Elevating Station: Avoiding the Tunnel Vision of the Past, the Airy Renovation of the State/Roosevelt Subway Stop Sets a Zesty Standard
Building a Better Block 37: Good Intentions Simply Aren't Enough for High Stakes State Street Project
Public Works and the Public Realm
Updating the Dark Ages: Daley's Walled-Neighborhoods Plan Would Do Much to Hurt the City and Little to Stop Crime
The Bridges of Cook County: Design Enhances Engineering in Citywide Project
Triumphal Arches: Damen Avenue Bridge Is a Modern-Day Beauty
Making the Past a Part of the Future
Tumbling Legacy: Shortsighted Moves by the City Have the Potential to Send Architectural Gems Toppling Like Dominoes
Vertical Triumph: Reliance Building Restoration Is a Vote for Old Glory
Crumbling Icons: Some of Frank Lloyd Wright's Greatest Buildings Are Falling Apart, but the Bigger Question Is—What Can We Do to Save Them?
Suburbanizing the City
City-Escape: A New, Schlocky Brand of Architecture Promotes a Chicago that Never Was
Populist Playground: Navy Pier Has Shaped Up, but Aesthetics Have Been Shipped Out
The Sky Above, the Dud Below: Developer John Buck Is Skating on Thin Ice When He Compares His North Bridge Project to New York's Rockefeller Center
Urbanizing the Suburbs
Shopping for an Identity: Renovated Old Orchard Too Much at Once
Losing Yardage: City and Suburbs Worse Off When Homeowners Gobble Up Their Green Space
Suburban Skyline: Arlington Heights Fights Sprawl with Urban Innovations
Part Two - The Art of Architecture
Sizing Up the Skyscraper
Still Standing Tall: Plain and Simple, Hancock Rules
Reaching for the Sky: After Two Decades, Sears Comes Up Short
Bigger, but Better? New World's Tallest Design for 7 South Dearborn Leaves Room for Improvement
Inner Beauty: Stunning Atrium Offsets New Skyscraper's Public Face
Green Giant: Germany's Commerzbank Is a Breath of Fresh Air for Stale Skyscrapers
Unsung Heroes
The Man with the Plan: Revisiting Daniel H. Burnham, the Architect Who Bent Entire Cities to His Will
Masters of Understatement: Miesian Architects May Get No Respect, but Their Boldly Simply Style Suits Chicago to a T
Weese's Legacy: Historical Society's Exhibit Salutes a Consummate Man of the City
Opportunities Lost (and Found) in Chicago
Doing the Wrong Thing Flawlessly: The Arts Club of Chicago Holds on to the Past Instead of Exploring the Future
A Fumbled Chance at Greatness: The Museum of Contemporary Art Tries but Fails to Extend Chicago's History of Design Triumphs
Structural Damage: Chicago Has Forfeited Its Title as the Nation's Architectural Capital
A Star Is Reborn: Underappreciated Adler Planetarium Rockets into the Future with Daring New Addition
Architecture with a Capital "A": Look Elsewhere
Monument to Memory: The Holocaust Museum Is a Searing Space of Pain and Healing
Star Attraction: The Hayden Sphere Has Landed and It's Friendly to Earthlings
Welcome to the Future: Frank Gehry's Stunning New Guggenheim Museum in Spain Is the First Great Building of the Next Century
Berlin's Leading Edge: Helmut Jahn's New Sony Center Helps Turn a Wasteland into a Thriving Urban Center that Draws Together East and West
Importing "Starchitects"
Koolhaas's IIT Campus Center: Success Will Be in the Details
Gehry's Chicago Band Shell: Outsider Art Is Catalyst for Creativity
Eisenman's Aronoff Center in Cincinnati: For a Design to Stand the Test of Time, the Building Must Do the Same
Part Three - Architecture as a Social Art
Places and Catalysts for Gathering
Town Square I: Face Lift Improves Daley Plaza and Maintains Its Special Character
Town Square II: Folk Music School's New Home Strikes the Right Note
Moo-ving Tale: Cows Broke Down the Fences that Kept Us Apart
Raising and Razing Temples of Sport
Comiskey Park: New Neighbor Not Necessarily New Friend
The Stadium: The End Is Near for Chicago's Shrine
The United Center: Don't Take Me Out to the Mall Game
Building a Better Life
A Leap of Creativity: Old St. Pat's Is New Again
Where Learning's Fun by Design: Back of the Yards School Is Neighborhood Beacon
Day-Care Package: Tigerman Leads the Way toward a Bootstrap Architecture that Gives Low-Income Kids a Leg Up
Private Housing: Building Boom, Architecture Bust
Strange Neighbors: Bright New Condos Add Vitality to the City—but Something about Them Is Just Not Right
Tall Building Comes Up Short: New Apartment Tower Is a Drag on the Skyline
Public Housing: Sheltered by Design
Housing that Works: Politicians and Bureaucrats Have Been the Real Architects of Public Housing, but It Doesn't Have to Be that Way
Urban Mosaic's Lost Piece: Creative Planners Have Discarded the "Tower-in-the-Park" Model that Disconnected Public Housing from Its Surroundings
Building a Sense of Security: Fences, Individual Front Doors, and Porches Create Safe Spaces that Can Free Residents from Being Virtual Prisoners of Drug Dealers and Prostitutes
Myth Must Be Exploded: Stereotyping Ignores Factors that Make High-Rises Livable Buildings or Monumental Eyesores
Part Four - The Lakefront: Democratic Vistas
Putting the Car in Its Place
Gem in the Making: The New Museum Campus Is Chicago's Latest Lakefront Jewel, but It Still Needs a Little Polishing
Park Above, Parking Below: A Subterranean Garage Adds Excitement to a Museum and Green Space to the Lakefront
Beauty and the Beach: Three New Castles in the Sand Suit the Lakefront Perfectly
Reinventing the Lakefront
A Flawed Jewel: The Lakefront Needs Help, and the City of Chicago Has a Rare Chance to Remold It for the Twenty-first Century—but Where's the Vision?
The Great Divide: Carved by Racism, the Chasm between North and South Side Amenities Can Be Bridged, but It Will Take More than a Few Flowers
Grant Park's Double Life: Jammed and Raucous during Summer Festivals, Empty and Sleepy the Rest of the Year, Our Central Park Needs a Single, Vibrant Personality
A Landmark of Labor: As a Celebration of Industry, the Idled South Works Steel Plant Could Forge a New Link in the Chain of Waterfront Parks and Museums
Striking a Balance: Lincoln Park Is about to Add the Nature Museum to Its Already Full Plate, While the South Lakefront Hungers for Improvements
Big Canvas, Little Plans: Mayer Daley Could Be an Architect for the Shoreline, Not Just a Groundkeeper—and Now Is the Time to Act
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits
Index
Part One - The Evolving Metropolis
The Mediocre Mile
The Mayor's Maypole: Boul Mich Pylon Plan Reason to Hoist Warning Flags
Twice Cursed: Rehabbed Marriott Is Miles and Miles from Magnificent
Faking History: Disney's Make-Believe Architecture Is Just What Michigan Avenue Doesn't Need
That Comeback Street
Stately Street: Retro Renovation Puts a Once-Great Shopping Mecca on the Road to Economic and Aesthetic Recovery
An Elevating Station: Avoiding the Tunnel Vision of the Past, the Airy Renovation of the State/Roosevelt Subway Stop Sets a Zesty Standard
Building a Better Block 37: Good Intentions Simply Aren't Enough for High Stakes State Street Project
Public Works and the Public Realm
Updating the Dark Ages: Daley's Walled-Neighborhoods Plan Would Do Much to Hurt the City and Little to Stop Crime
The Bridges of Cook County: Design Enhances Engineering in Citywide Project
Triumphal Arches: Damen Avenue Bridge Is a Modern-Day Beauty
Making the Past a Part of the Future
Tumbling Legacy: Shortsighted Moves by the City Have the Potential to Send Architectural Gems Toppling Like Dominoes
Vertical Triumph: Reliance Building Restoration Is a Vote for Old Glory
Crumbling Icons: Some of Frank Lloyd Wright's Greatest Buildings Are Falling Apart, but the Bigger Question Is—What Can We Do to Save Them?
Suburbanizing the City
City-Escape: A New, Schlocky Brand of Architecture Promotes a Chicago that Never Was
Populist Playground: Navy Pier Has Shaped Up, but Aesthetics Have Been Shipped Out
The Sky Above, the Dud Below: Developer John Buck Is Skating on Thin Ice When He Compares His North Bridge Project to New York's Rockefeller Center
Urbanizing the Suburbs
Shopping for an Identity: Renovated Old Orchard Too Much at Once
Losing Yardage: City and Suburbs Worse Off When Homeowners Gobble Up Their Green Space
Suburban Skyline: Arlington Heights Fights Sprawl with Urban Innovations
Part Two - The Art of Architecture
Sizing Up the Skyscraper
Still Standing Tall: Plain and Simple, Hancock Rules
Reaching for the Sky: After Two Decades, Sears Comes Up Short
Bigger, but Better? New World's Tallest Design for 7 South Dearborn Leaves Room for Improvement
Inner Beauty: Stunning Atrium Offsets New Skyscraper's Public Face
Green Giant: Germany's Commerzbank Is a Breath of Fresh Air for Stale Skyscrapers
Unsung Heroes
The Man with the Plan: Revisiting Daniel H. Burnham, the Architect Who Bent Entire Cities to His Will
Masters of Understatement: Miesian Architects May Get No Respect, but Their Boldly Simply Style Suits Chicago to a T
Weese's Legacy: Historical Society's Exhibit Salutes a Consummate Man of the City
Opportunities Lost (and Found) in Chicago
Doing the Wrong Thing Flawlessly: The Arts Club of Chicago Holds on to the Past Instead of Exploring the Future
A Fumbled Chance at Greatness: The Museum of Contemporary Art Tries but Fails to Extend Chicago's History of Design Triumphs
Structural Damage: Chicago Has Forfeited Its Title as the Nation's Architectural Capital
A Star Is Reborn: Underappreciated Adler Planetarium Rockets into the Future with Daring New Addition
Architecture with a Capital "A": Look Elsewhere
Monument to Memory: The Holocaust Museum Is a Searing Space of Pain and Healing
Star Attraction: The Hayden Sphere Has Landed and It's Friendly to Earthlings
Welcome to the Future: Frank Gehry's Stunning New Guggenheim Museum in Spain Is the First Great Building of the Next Century
Berlin's Leading Edge: Helmut Jahn's New Sony Center Helps Turn a Wasteland into a Thriving Urban Center that Draws Together East and West
Importing "Starchitects"
Koolhaas's IIT Campus Center: Success Will Be in the Details
Gehry's Chicago Band Shell: Outsider Art Is Catalyst for Creativity
Eisenman's Aronoff Center in Cincinnati: For a Design to Stand the Test of Time, the Building Must Do the Same
Part Three - Architecture as a Social Art
Places and Catalysts for Gathering
Town Square I: Face Lift Improves Daley Plaza and Maintains Its Special Character
Town Square II: Folk Music School's New Home Strikes the Right Note
Moo-ving Tale: Cows Broke Down the Fences that Kept Us Apart
Raising and Razing Temples of Sport
Comiskey Park: New Neighbor Not Necessarily New Friend
The Stadium: The End Is Near for Chicago's Shrine
The United Center: Don't Take Me Out to the Mall Game
Building a Better Life
A Leap of Creativity: Old St. Pat's Is New Again
Where Learning's Fun by Design: Back of the Yards School Is Neighborhood Beacon
Day-Care Package: Tigerman Leads the Way toward a Bootstrap Architecture that Gives Low-Income Kids a Leg Up
Private Housing: Building Boom, Architecture Bust
Strange Neighbors: Bright New Condos Add Vitality to the City—but Something about Them Is Just Not Right
Tall Building Comes Up Short: New Apartment Tower Is a Drag on the Skyline
Public Housing: Sheltered by Design
Housing that Works: Politicians and Bureaucrats Have Been the Real Architects of Public Housing, but It Doesn't Have to Be that Way
Urban Mosaic's Lost Piece: Creative Planners Have Discarded the "Tower-in-the-Park" Model that Disconnected Public Housing from Its Surroundings
Building a Sense of Security: Fences, Individual Front Doors, and Porches Create Safe Spaces that Can Free Residents from Being Virtual Prisoners of Drug Dealers and Prostitutes
Myth Must Be Exploded: Stereotyping Ignores Factors that Make High-Rises Livable Buildings or Monumental Eyesores
Part Four - The Lakefront: Democratic Vistas
Putting the Car in Its Place
Gem in the Making: The New Museum Campus Is Chicago's Latest Lakefront Jewel, but It Still Needs a Little Polishing
Park Above, Parking Below: A Subterranean Garage Adds Excitement to a Museum and Green Space to the Lakefront
Beauty and the Beach: Three New Castles in the Sand Suit the Lakefront Perfectly
Reinventing the Lakefront
A Flawed Jewel: The Lakefront Needs Help, and the City of Chicago Has a Rare Chance to Remold It for the Twenty-first Century—but Where's the Vision?
The Great Divide: Carved by Racism, the Chasm between North and South Side Amenities Can Be Bridged, but It Will Take More than a Few Flowers
Grant Park's Double Life: Jammed and Raucous during Summer Festivals, Empty and Sleepy the Rest of the Year, Our Central Park Needs a Single, Vibrant Personality
A Landmark of Labor: As a Celebration of Industry, the Idled South Works Steel Plant Could Forge a New Link in the Chain of Waterfront Parks and Museums
Striking a Balance: Lincoln Park Is about to Add the Nature Museum to Its Already Full Plate, While the South Lakefront Hungers for Improvements
Big Canvas, Little Plans: Mayer Daley Could Be an Architect for the Shoreline, Not Just a Groundkeeper—and Now Is the Time to Act
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits
Index