Main entry:

Bruegmann, Robert.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1997.

Description:

xvi, 540 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Chicago architecture and urbanism

Notes:
"In association with the Chicago Historical Society."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-510) and index.
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.

Summary:

This book connects architectural history with urban history by looking at the work of a major architectural firm, Holabird & Roche. No firm in any large American city had a greater impact. With projects that ranged from tombstones to skyscrapers, boiler rooms to entire industrial complexes, Holabird & Roche left an indelible stamp on the city of Chicago and, indeed, far beyond. In this volume, the first of two on Holabird & Roche and its successor, Holabird & Root, Robert Bruegmann traces the firm's history from its founding in 1880 to the end of the First World War.
Incorporating meticulous research based on the extensive architectural holdings of the Chicago Historical Society, Bruegmann documents the firm's work from the boom years of the 1880s through the period of sustained growth and innovation after the turn of the century. In chapters devoted to topics as diverse as downtown commercial and retail development, business hotels, civil buildings, automobile showrooms, and suburban clubs and housing, Bruegmann creates a sustained historical narrative that considers the profound interdependence of architecture and modern urban life.

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ISBN:

0226076954 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780226076959 (cloth ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Holabird, William 1854-1923
Roche, Martin 1853-1927
Holabird & Roche (Chicago, Ill.)
Holabird & Roche (Firm)
Holabird & Root Inc.
Holabird & Root (Chicago, Ill.)
Chicago school of architecture (Movement)
Architecture Illinois Chicago.
École de Chicago (Architecture)
Chicago School.
Architecture
Buildings
Architektur
Gebouwen.
Architecture Chicago (Ill.)
Geschichte 1800-1918.
Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
Chicago (Ill.) Constructions.

Added entries:

Chicago Historical Society.
Chicago architecture and urbanism.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 193916
Call No.: NA44.H722.9 B7 1997
Status: Available