Main entry:

Van Zanten, David, 1943-

Title & Author:

Drawing the future : Chicago architecture on the international stage, 1900-1925 / David Van Zanten, Ashley Elizabeth Dunn, Leslie Coburn.

Publication:

Evanston, Ill. : Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art : Northwestern University Press, 2013.

Description:

xi, 113 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm

Notes:
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Drawing the Future: Chicago Architecture on the International Stage, 1900-1925, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, April 19-August 11, 2013"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the Canberra design competition / David Van Zanten -- The ambition and reach of Chicago progressive architecture / David Van Zanten -- The Musée des Arts Décoratifs and the presentation of modern architecture in Paris / Ashley Elizabeth Dunn -- Considering the people on the back streets: urban planning at the City Club of Chicago / Leslie Coburn.

Summary:

Drawing the Future: Chicago Architecture on the International Stage, 1900-1925 is an illustrated catalog with companion essays for an exhibition of the same name at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University. Drawing the Future explores the creative ferment among Chicago architects in the early twentieth century, coinciding with similar visions around the world. The essays focus on the highlights of the exhibition. David Van Zanten profiles Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, Chicago architects who created an influential, prize-winning plan for Canberra, the new capital of Australia. Ashley Dunn looks at the two exhibits at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, one devoted to the Griffins in 1914 and the other to the French architect Tony Garnier in 1925, demonstrating the impact of World War I on city planning and architecture. Leslie Coburn examines Chicago's Neighborhood Center Competition of 1914-15, which sought to redress gaps in Daniel Burnham's plan of 1909. The ambition and reach of Chicago architecture in this epoch would have lasting influence on cities of the future.

ISBN:

9780810128989 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0810128985 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture and society History 20th century Exhibitions.
City planning Social aspects History 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture Illinois Chicago Influence Exhibitions.
Architecture Illinois Chicago History Exhibitions.
Architecture et société Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture Illinois Chicago Histoire Expositions.
Architecture Illinois Chicago Influence Expositions.
Architecture
Architecture and society
Architecture Influence
Buildings
City planning Social aspects
Architektur
Städtebau
Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. Exhibitions.
Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Ill.

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Dunn, Ashley Elizabeth.
Coburn, Leslie.
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286919
Call No.: BIB 227469
Status: Available