Henry Ives Cobb's Chicago: Architecture, Institutions, And The Making Of A Modern Metropolis (chicago Architecture And Urbanism)
by Edward W. Wolner /
2011 / English / PDF
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When championing the commercial buildings and homes that made the
Windy City famous, one can’t help but mention the brilliant names
of their architects—Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan, and Frank
Lloyd Wright, among others. But few people are aware of Henry
Ives Cobb (1859–1931), the man responsible for an extraordinarily
rich chapter in the city’s turn-of-the-century building boom, and
fewer still realize Cobb’s lasting importance as a designer of
the private and public institutions that continue to enrich
Chicago’s exceptional architectural heritage.
When championing the commercial buildings and homes that made the
Windy City famous, one can’t help but mention the brilliant names
of their architects—Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan, and Frank
Lloyd Wright, among others. But few people are aware of Henry
Ives Cobb (1859–1931), the man responsible for an extraordinarily
rich chapter in the city’s turn-of-the-century building boom, and
fewer still realize Cobb’s lasting importance as a designer of
the private and public institutions that continue to enrich
Chicago’s exceptional architectural heritage.
Henry Ives Cobb’s Chicago is the first book about this
distinguished architect and the magnificent buildings he created,
including the Newberry Library, the Chicago Historical Society,
the Chicago Athletic Association, the Fisheries Building for the
1893 World’s Fair, and the Chicago Federal Building. Cobb filled
a huge institutional void with his inventive Romanesque and
Gothic buildings—something that the other architect-giants,
occupied largely with residential and commercial work, did not
do. Edward W. Wolner argues that these constructions and the
enterprises they housed—including the first buildings and master
plan for the University of Chicago—signaled that the city had
come of age, that its leaders were finally pursuing the highest
ambitions in the realms of culture and intellect.
Henry Ives Cobb’s Chicago is the first book about this
distinguished architect and the magnificent buildings he created,
including the Newberry Library, the Chicago Historical Society,
the Chicago Athletic Association, the Fisheries Building for the
1893 World’s Fair, and the Chicago Federal Building. Cobb filled
a huge institutional void with his inventive Romanesque and
Gothic buildings—something that the other architect-giants,
occupied largely with residential and commercial work, did not
do. Edward W. Wolner argues that these constructions and the
enterprises they housed—including the first buildings and master
plan for the University of Chicago—signaled that the city had
come of age, that its leaders were finally pursuing the highest
ambitions in the realms of culture and intellect.
Assembling a cast of colorful characters from a free-wheeling age
gone by, and including over 140 images of Cobb’s most creative
buildings, Henry Ives Cobb’s Chicago is a rare achievement: a
dynamic portrait of an architect whose institutional designs
decisively changed the city’s identity during its most critical
phase of development.
Assembling a cast of colorful characters from a free-wheeling age
gone by, and including over 140 images of Cobb’s most creative
buildings, Henry Ives Cobb’s Chicago is a rare achievement: a
dynamic portrait of an architect whose institutional designs
decisively changed the city’s identity during its most critical
phase of development.
