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“Chicagoland Dream Houses is an engaging addition to the growing body of scholarship concerning Chicago’s twentieth-century residential landscape characterized by a diverse group of architects and builders.”--Michelangelo Sabatino, coauthor of Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929–1975

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Author:   Siobhan Moroney
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780252045516

ISBN 10:   0252045513
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   15 April 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Shortages: The Postwar Housing Crisis and Architectural Competitions To the Rescue: The Chicago Tribune’s Chicagoland Prize Homes Competition Spreading the News: Putting the Competition before the Public A More Permanent Legacy: Publishing the Prize Homes Book House Design and Domestic Life: Analyzing the Houses Modernism Skepticism: Contemporaneous Views of the Modern Aesthetic Competing Visions: Other Architectural Competitions Breaking Ground: The Building Project Houses in Flux: Prize Homes Houses Evolve Conclusion: A Competition Like No Other Appendix I Known Entries to the Prize Homes Competition Appendix II Prize Homes Competition Winners and the Designs Known to Be Built Notes Index

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An impressively documented work on an important, generally overlooked postwar homes competition. What makes the book exceptional is that it covers 'architecture and design for everyday life, ' created by trained architects along with others, including those who were talented amateurs. That populist aspect makes Moroney's work compelling and very different from many other books. --John Zukowsky, author of Building Chicago: The Architectural Masterworks

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Siobhan Moroney is an associate professor of politics and the chair of American Studies at Lake Forest College.

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