architecture

The JSAH is a blind-peer reviewed international journal devoted to all aspects of the history of the built environment and spatial practice, including architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, and city planning. Published since 1941, the JSAH has defined the field of architectural history, and is a pioneer in digital publication. We seek articles that are historically rigorous, conceptually sophisticated, and theoretically innovative. Our scope is global.*

The JSAH is a blind-peer reviewed international journal devoted to all aspects of the history of the built environment and spatial practice, including architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, and city planning. Published since 1941, the JSAH has defined the field of architectural history, and is a pioneer in digital publication. We seek articles that are historically rigorous, conceptually sophisticated, and theoretically innovative. Our scope is global.*

"Tribune Tower" is a description of the architectural plans for the Chicago Tribune Tower. The design was selected through an open competition with a $100,000 prize.

The Society of Architectural Historians is a membership organization. JSAH is published as a member benefit.

The International Competition for a New Administration Building for the Chicago Tribune is a compilation of all the designs submitted for the $100,000 contest for a new office building for the Chicago Tribune. First prize went to New York based architects John Mean Howells and Raymond M. Hood. The book includes 281 plates.

The Modern Wing: Renzo Piano and the Art Institute of Chicago is a book of photography and essays documenting the construction of the modern wing.

"First Published in 1939, 'The WPA Guide to Illinois' captures more vividly than any other guide both Chicago's quick pulse and the richly varied character of the rest of the state. Thirties Chicago, birthplace of the skyscraper, had just played host to the dazzling Century of Progress Exposition; the Board of Trade was the city's tallest building; and State Street was said to be the most brilliantly lighted street in the world. The stunning residences of the Gold Coast along Lake Shore Drive offered the city's most concentrated display of wealth, while on the South Side hundreds of freight cars rattled into the stock yards each night with their noisy cargo of livestock."

The Voice is a quarterly journal devoted to documenting historic buildings in need of preservation. This issue discusses several buildings designed by Andrew Sullivan, as well as other buildings in Chicago.

A magazine covering progressive politics and social justice issues.

In the second installment of his Ultra Local Geography, Larry Shure documents the "functional beauty" of the portals to various buildings in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. An exhaustive zine-cum-architectural-guidebook, it documents and describes the features of eleven doors, including date, architect, building owner, cost, size, building materials, and even the reference information for the City of Chicago building permits. Shure provides drawings of the doors, their building facades, and street addresses/intersections.