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The Chicago School of Architecture A History of Commercial a

The Chicago School of Architecture A History of Commercial a

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ISBN: 0226114546

Author: Condit, Carl W.

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This book has a threefold first, to place the Chicago School in its historical setting, showing it as at once the culmination of a century's development in iron and later concrete construction and the chief pioneer in the evolution of modern architecture; second, to assess the achievements of the School in terms of the economic, social, and cultural growth of Chicago at the turn of the century; and, third, to show the ultimate meaning of the Chicago work for contemporary architecture.

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