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Chicago skyscrapers, 1871-1934 [electronic resource] / Thomas Leslie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:
  • 9780252094798
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 720/.4830977311 22
LOC classification:
  • NA6232 .L47 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
October 1871 -- 'built mostly of itself': Chicago and clay, 1874-1891 -- Iron and light: the 'great architectural problem' and the skeleton frame, 1879-1892 -- Steel and wind: the braced frame, 1890-1897 -- Glass and light: 'veneers' and curtain walls, 1889-1904 -- Steel, clay, and glass: the expressed frame, 1897-1910 -- Steel, light, and style: the concealed frame, 1905-1918 -- Power and height: the electric skyscraper, 1920-1934 -- Chicago, 1934.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

October 1871 -- 'built mostly of itself': Chicago and clay, 1874-1891 -- Iron and light: the 'great architectural problem' and the skeleton frame, 1879-1892 -- Steel and wind: the braced frame, 1890-1897 -- Glass and light: 'veneers' and curtain walls, 1889-1904 -- Steel, clay, and glass: the expressed frame, 1897-1910 -- Steel, light, and style: the concealed frame, 1905-1918 -- Power and height: the electric skyscraper, 1920-1934 -- Chicago, 1934.

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