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The Monumental Challenge of Preservation
The enormous task of preserving the world's heritage in the face of war, natural disaster, vandalism, neglect, and technical obsolescence. The monuments—movable, immovable, tangible, and intangible—of the world's shared cultural heritage are at risk. War, terrorism, natural disaster, vandalism, and neglect make the work of preservation a greater challenge than it has been since World War II. In The Monumental Challenge of Preservation Michèle Cloonan makes the case that, at this critical juncture, we must consider preservation in the broadest possible contexts. Preservation requires the efforts of an increasing number of stakeholders. In order to explore the cultural, political, technol...
John Vinci
The first authoritative and illustrated survey of the life and work of one Chicago's most acclaimed architects and preservationists, John Vinci is a comprehensive and richly illustrated guide that readers interested in architecture, urban design, and historic preservation will prize.
Ravioli
Heart-warming stories about a Sicilian-American family. Second generation Sicilian¿s life experiences growing up in Chicago. Old country stories from parents and grandparents. Ravioli grew out of Paul Andrea Silvio¿s book Silvio Family Memories, written for his grandchildren when Paul was told his neurological illness would progress and he would be unable to share his thoughts and history with his family. Ravioli is about the life of first generation Sicilian-Americans. This book provides an entertaining depiction of the times and a smattering of self-composed philosophies. One can leaf through the book and read at random. In reading Ravioli it will become obvious that family relations are extremely important to Paul. Whether it was his Sicilian upbringing or his positive views of family growing up, he was happy to have been a part of it and able to share that with the reader. Paul was fortunate to have known all four of his Sicilian grandparents.
Resisting Postmodern Architecture
Since its first appearance in 1981, critical regionalism has enjoyed a celebrated worldwide reception. The 1990s increased its pertinence as an architectural theory that defends the cultural identity of a place resisting the homogenising onslaught of globalisation. Today, its main principles (such as acknowledging the climate, history, materials, culture and topography of a specific place) are integrated in architects’ education across the globe. But at the same time, the richer cross-cultural history of critical regionalism has been reduced to schematic juxtapositions of ‘the global’ with ‘the local’. Retrieving both the globalising branches and the overlooked cross-cultural roots...
Chicago by the Book
Despite its rough-and-tumble image, Chicago has long been identified as a city where books take center stage. In fact, a volume by A. J. Liebling gave the Second City its nickname. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle arose from the midwestern capital’s most infamous industry. The great Chicago Fire led to the founding of the Chicago Public Library. The city has fostered writers such as Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow, and Gwendolyn Brooks. Chicago’s literary magazines The Little Review and Poetry introduced the world to Eliot, Hemingway, Joyce, and Pound. The city’s robust commercial printing industry supported a flourishing culture of the book. With this beautifully produced collection, Chicagoâ...
