"Chicago is universally recognized as the cradle of modern architecture. It is known worldwide for the development, beginning in the late 1800s, of the renowned "Chicago School" of commercial building. In the early 1900s, Chicago saw the birth of Wright's "Prairie School" of residential design, which gave rise to the modern, open-plan house we know today. Other world-renowned architects were also based in Chicago, such as Louis Sullivan, ..."
Modern Trains and Splendid Stations(1st Edition) Architecture, Design, and Rail Travel for the Twenty-First Century by MarthaThorne Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2003 by Merrell Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-85894-149-3, ISBN: 1-85894-149-0
"Inter-city rail travel is one of the dominant facts of modern life. In the wake of the railway renaissance of the 1980s and 1990s, new train stations from the US to Japan must respond to increasingly complex challenges, as high-speed trains become more and more common and the next generation of magnetically levitated trains approaches. The state-of-the-art examples featured in Modern Trains and Splendid Stations are analyzed from severa ..."
Skyscrapers Uncovering Technology (Uncovering series) by Chris Oxlade, MarthaThorne Hardcover, 52 Pages, Published 2006 by Firefly Books ISBN-13: 978-1-55407-136-4, ISBN: 1-55407-136-4
" Who designs skyscrapers? How are they built? Why don't they fall down? From the Tower of Babel to the Great Pyramids to New York's Freedom Tower (to be completed in 2010), skyscrapers in one form or another have captured humankind's imagination. This book covers the world's most important skyscrapers, beginning with the earliest attempts to build to the sky, through the major design periods, and right up to post-September 11. Th ..."
Unbuilt Chicago(1st Edition) by MarthaThorne Paperback, 36 Pages, Published 2004 by Art Institute Of Chicago, Chicago ISBN-13: 978-0-86559-211-7, ISBN: 0-86559-211-X
"The Pritzker Architecture Prize has often been described as the "Nobel of architecture" because of its great importance. It was established in 1979 to honor annually "a living architect of talent, vision, and commitment who has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture." Over the past two decades, many of the most outstanding international architects have rece ..."
Indexing Principles, Rules And Examples, by MarthaThorne Wheeler Paperback, Published 2022 by Legare Street Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-01-868335-5, ISBN: 1-01-868335-6
"Architect Carol Ross Barney founded her own firm in 1981. Throughout the past 25 years of Ross Barney Jankowski and now Ross Barney Architects, the office has grown to a 35-person firm that places special emphasis on the process of design. The team involved in that process includes not only the architects and consultants, but very importantly, the clients. Her approach, rather unique among architectural offices, relies on input, analysi ..."
Indexing Principles, Rules And Examples, by MarthaThorne Wheeler ISBN-13: 978-1-01-867854-2, ISBN: 1-01-867854-9
"David Adler (1882-1949) was one of the most important architects designing homes and estates in the United States during a period known as that of the "great American house." Adler's works-which range in date from 1911 to 1949-were truly American, offering an enormous range of stylistic expression on the exteriors and a simpler definition of interiors than traditional European models allowed. This important book features seventeen home ..."
"There is no Nobel Prize for architecture, but ever since 1979 the Pritzker Architecture Prize has filled that gap. Though just over 20 years old, it is the best known and most glamorous of five major international architectural awards. The prize takes its name from the Pritzker family of Chicago--hoteliers whose dramatic, atrium-centered properties revolutionized hotel architecture--who fund the prize, which is awarded annually to a liv ..."
"The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is a unique collection of architectural works -- the Caroline Wiess Law Building, comprising the original William Ward Watkin Building of 1924 and the 1958 and 1974 additions designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; the Lillie and Hugh Roy Culien Sculpture Garden created by Isamu Noguchi in 1986; the Central Administration and Glassell Junior School Building designed by Carlos Jimenez in 1994; and now the ..."