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The Cathedral BuildersThe Story of a Great Masonic Guild

Leader Scott. THE CATHEDRAL BUILDERS (From a photograph by Alinari.) Frontispiece See page 66. THE CATHEDRAL BUILDERS THE STORY OF A GREAT MASONIC GUILD BY LEADER SCOTT Honorary Member of the Accademia...

Designs of DestructionThe Making of Monuments in the Twentieth Century

How architectural monuments survived and historical preservation was reinvented during the destructions of the twentieth century.   The twentieth century was highly destructive, but from its landscapes of ruins was born a new architectural type: the cultural monument. In the wake of World War I, an international movement arose which aimed to protect architectural monuments in large numbers…

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Glass! Love!! Perpetual Motion!!!A Paul Scheerbart Reader

German writer, critic, and theorist Paul Scheerbart (1863–1915) died nearly a century ago, but his influence is still being felt today. Considered by some a mad eccentric and by others a visionary political thinker in his own time, he is now experiencing a revival thanks to a new generation of scholars who are rightfully situating him in the modernist pantheon. Glass! Love!! Perpetual Motion…

Chicago Makes ModernHow Creative Minds Changed Society

Chicago is a city dedicated to the modern—from the skyscrapers that punctuate its skyline to the spirited style that inflects many of its dwellings and institutions, from the New Bauhaus to Hull-House. Despite this, the city has long been overlooked as a locus for modernism in the arts, its rich tradition of architecture, design, and education disregarded. Still the modern in Chicago continue…

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City and regional planners talk constantly about the things of the world—from highway interchanges and retention ponds to zoning documents and conference rooms—yet most seem to have a poor understanding of the materiality of the world in which they're immersed. Too often planners treat built forms, weather patterns, plants, animals, or regulatory technologies as passively awaiting commands …