The architecture of Howard Van Doren Shaw / Virginia A. Greene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greene, Virginia A., 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shaw, Howard Van Doren, 1869-1926.

Shaw, Howard Van Doren.

Shaw, Howard Van Doren, 1869-1926--Catalogs.

Architects--United States--Biography.

Architects.

United States.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 175 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, [1998]

Summary:

For the First Time, the work of one of America's most prolific architects, AIA Gold Medal winner Howard Van Doren Shaw, can be seen in its majority. Shaw designed over 200 buildings and projects (many of which appear on the National Register of Historic Buildings) in a career that stretched from 1894 to 1926. Though Shaw was one of the leading architects of his time and designed many landmark buildings, his work has largely been overshadowed by that of his famous colleague, Frank Lloyd Wright, and nearly lost to us until now.

Shaw's talents were surprisingly wide-ranging -- he designed sprawling country houses, modern skyscrapers and townhouses, innovative apartment buildings and industrial plant complexes, and enduringly beautiful churches, collegiate structures, and civic spaces. His work represents an aspect of the Chicago School seldom explored -- how European influences and eclecticism transformed the midwestern prairie and the Arts and Crafts movement in America. Some of his well-known projects include The Goodman Memorial Theatre; McKinlock Court at the Art Institute of Chicago; the cloister and courtyard of the Fourth Presbyterian Church; Market Square, the first outdoor shopping mall in America; Marktown, a planned community in Indiana; and the innovative Lakeside Press building for R. R. Donnelley & Sons.

Contents:

Part 1 Shaw's Life and Work

1 Childhood and Education 2

2 The Early Years of Shaw's Career, 1894-1904 7

3 Mid-Career, 1905-1915 20

4 The Golden Years, 1916-1926 29

Part 2 Shaw's Buildings and Projects

5 Hyde Park-Kenwood 38

6 Lake Forest 58

7 Chicago 86

8 Other Areas of Illinois 111

9 Outside of Illinois 127

10 A Look at Shaw's Interiors 143

Appendix A Complete List of Shaw's Buildings 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-159) and index.

ISBN:

155652286X

OCLC:

38831925