Building a century of progress
Subtitle: the architecture of Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair
By: Lisa D. Schrenk.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780816648368
Subjects: Exhibition buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century; Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Future begins; title: Science finds-industry applies-man conforms; title: Designing the city of color and delight; title: Prefabricated palaces: formal designs of the pavilions; title: Building innovations at the exposition; title: Exposition houses of today and tomorrow; title: Unbuilt visions for a modern exposition; title: Contemporary reaction and impact of the exposition; title: Curtain falls; title: Major buildings and architects of a century of progress; title: Color schemes of a century of progress.