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Skyline:Chicago is an exceptional series that explores a century of Chicago's internationally significant architecture, development, and urban design. Each video program features a different urban neighborhood and considers how scale and style, form and function, and economics and the environment have shaped the city. Enlivened by architects describing their work, the award winning series also draws upon historical cityscapes, architectual drawings, and computer animated graphics. Each video is accompanied by a companion guidebook.
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The Loop: Where the Skyscraper Began
describes how a group of daring nineteenth century architects and engineers revolutionized
structural design, developing the high-rise form in the heart of Chicago, the "First
City of Architecture." The film includes interviews with architects Bruce Graham,
Thomas Hall Beeby, and Helmut Jahn, among others.
Chicago's Riverfront:Where the Present Meets the Past
tells the story of riverfront design and the Chicago River's changing role from a
commercial back-alley way to an urban amenity lined with outstanding architecture. The
program includes interviews with Kevin Roche, William Pedersen, Bertrand Goldberg, and
Adrian Smith, among others.
Michigan Avenue: From Museums to the Magnificent Mile
examines the development of this thoroughly American street into one of the grand
boulevards of the world. The program considers how the architecture, history, and physical
design of the street itself contributes to its unique character. Architects and historians
provide provocative insights.
City in a Garden: Parks and Plans
explores Chicago's remarkable system of parks and boulevards created by landscape
designers Frederick Law Olmsted, Jens Jensen and others. Rare archival materials, stunning
cinematography, computer animation and expert commentary combine to explain why Chicago
set the standard for park development in America.
Chicago's Neighborhoods: Design and Diversity
is a facinating study of how ethnic groups express their identity in the built environment
and how the city's grid plan creates a system for how neighborhoods form and
function. Key building types and architectural styles, particularly nieghborhood
houses of worship, tell us about the richness and diversity of communities in Chicago.
IAUDIO ARCHITECTUREi
The Audio Architecture project is a series of cassette tape walking tours of Chicago's architecture and history. The first Audio Architecture tours focus on Chicago's public parks, including Lincoln Park and the Museum Campus and are being written by historian Timothy B. Neary. Approximately thirty minutes in length, the tours highlight aspects of Chicago's parks that are sometimes forgotten and often taken for granted and each includes an illustrated map to help navigate the listener along the journey. First time visitors, as well as lifelong residents will find educational enrichment in Audio Architecture.
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Take this month's Virtual Tour of Chicago's landmark architecture. Based upon the Skyline:Chicago book series. |
Pricing information is available for all of Perspectives' architecture products.
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tel: 1.312.640.1381or 1.800.821.2164
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