Prairie Avenue Bookshop
418 S. Wabash Ave.
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1. The Chicago Architectural Club: Prelude to the Modern
By Wilbert R. Hasbrouck (Monacelli $75)
Tells the story of the professionalization of a craft, as well as the story of architects in a unique period of developing technology and civic rebuilding.
2. Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, Travel Edition
By the editors of Phaidon Press (Phaidon $19.95)
A condensed edition of the popular atlas.
3. Chicago: Architecture and Design
Edited by Michelle Galindo (Te Neues $14.95)
A pocket guide that highlights several of Chicago’s newest and most interesting structures and interiors.
4. Chicago Architecture: Histories, Revisions, Alternatives
Edited by Charles Waldheim and Katerina Ruedi Ray
(University of Chicago Press $40)
The editors revise and offer alternatives to the archetypal story of modern architecture in Chicago.
5. Plain Modern: The Architecture of Brian MacKay-Lyons
By Malcolm Quantrill (Princeton Architectural Press $40)
Looks at the work of Nova Scotia native Brian MacKay-Lyons.
