Table of Contents

List of Illustrations I: Architecture in the Nineteenth Century II: Chicago: 1871 III: New Forms in Traditional Materials IV: Jenney and the New Structural Technique V: Burnham and Root VI: D. H. Burnham and Company VII: Holabird and Roche VIII: Adler and Sullivan IX: In the Wake of the Pioneers X: Hotels and Apartments XI: The Chicago School in the Twentieth Century Bibliography Index

About the Author

Carl W. Condit (1914-1997) was an historian of technology, urban development, and architecture. He was the author of numerous books on the history of American architecture, especially in Chicago, and taught history, art history, and urban affairs at Northwestern University for over thirty years.