num_pages: 408
description: For more than a decade, Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin has been writing fiery, intelligent essays on the state of contemporary architecture. His subjects range from high-rises to highways, parks to public housing, Frank Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry. Why Architecture Matters collects the best of Kamin's acclaimed columns, offering both a look at America's foremost architectural city and a taste of Kamin's penetrating, witty style of critique.
language: English
title: Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago
titlecomplete: Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago
genres: Architecture, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 65
publisher: University of Chicago Press