The architects and the city : Holabird & Roche of Chicago, 1880-1918 / Robert Bruegmann.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bruegmann, Robert
Corporate Author:	Chicago Historical Society
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, ©1997.
Series:	Chicago architecture and urbanism.
Subjects:	Holabird, William > 1854-1923 Roche, Martin > 1853-1927 Holabird & Roche (Chicago, Ill.) Holabird & Root Inc. Holabird & Root (Chicago, Ill.) Chicago school of architecture (Movement) Architecture > Illinois > Chicago. Chicago School. Architecture Buildings Architektur Gebouwen. Architecture > Chicago (Ill.) Geschichte 1800-1918. Chicago (Ill.) > Buildings, structures, etc. Illinois > Chicago Chicago, Ill. Chicago (Ill.) > Constructions.
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Table of Contents:

Starting out, 1880-1883. The founding of the firm ; The partners: William Holabird and Martin Roche.
Boom years, 1884-1893. The firm ; Labor unrest and the creation of Fort Sheridan ; Capital, technology, and the tall office building: The Tacoma ; The skyscraper and the city: The Marquette 1 ; The skyscraper and the city: The Marquette 2 ; Along leafy avenues: William Holabird's Evanston.
Turn of the century, 1894-1907. The firm ; State Street in the Nineties ; Theme and variation: The Loft Building ; Terra cotta on State Street: The department store and the tall shops building ; Golfing in the suburbs: The Glen View Golf and Polo Club ; Fishing in the wilderness: The Coleman Lake Club.
An expanding practice, 1908-1918. The firm ; Palaces of democracy: The business hotel ; Civic grandeur, civic squalor: Cook County Courthouse and Chicago City Hall ; Terra cotta on South Michigan Avenue: Automobile row ; At the corner of Michigan and Monroe: The University Club and the Monroe Building ; The architecture of communications: Buildings for the Chicago Telephone Company ; By way of conclusion: The Three Arts Club, Holabird & Roche, and the American city.
Abbreviated catalog of works by Holabird & Roche, 1880-1918.

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