Prairie Metropolis: Chicago and the Birth of a New American Home
- ISBN-10
- 0764945955
- ISBN-13
- 9780764945953
- Category
- Education / Administration / Facility Management
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pomegranate Communications
- Author
- Patrick F. Cannon
Description
Traces the birth and growth of the early-twentieth-century Prairie School, a baker's dozen of architects working in Chicago who designed houses marked by simplicity, honesty of materials, open planning, and organic decoration.
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- 2009-09-15
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