The ways in which the renovations of the past two decades have reconfigured the social and physical landscape of Chicago is illuminated in this insightful study of the architecture of Chicago's Central Area, capturing the changes to the riverfront, State Street, and Millennium Park.

Product Description: This sociological analysis of Wright's architecture examines the interaction between people and the spaces they create. Satler shows how Wright explored a new architectural dimension, the space in which we live.Focusing on the Larkin Building (1904) and Unity Temple (1907), works that Wright considered important but that have received little attention, Satler delineates the social nature of space...read more

Product Description: -- "The space within the building is the reality of that building." So says Frank Lloyd Wright in "The Destruction of the Box, " an address in which he recalls for his audience the origins of hib break with previous architectural thought...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)