Chris Hytha and Mark Houser are collaborators on Highrises: Art Deco, a multimedia series chronicling the great skyscraper edifices of the roaring ‘20s. Photographed by drones and meticulously measured and researched, the series – a book, prints, website, mobile phone wallpaper and exhibition -- reveals fascinating details and stories of these distinctly American icons. Catch the in-person book talk on July 18 and the exhibition from May 31 to August 26 at the Chicago Architecture Center.
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Intro/Outro: “I Still Wear the Uniform," by The Cooper Vane
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Discussed:
MultiStories: 55 Antique Skyscrapers and the Business Tycoons Who Built Them
The DJI Air 2S Drone
Highrises Art Deco: 100 Spectacular Skyscrapers from the Roaring ‘20s to the Great Depression
Henry W. Oliver Building, Pittsburgh, D.H. Burnham, 1910
Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Bertram Goodhue, 1932
Public Market > Modern Spirits Liquor Store, Tulsa, Gaylord Noftsger, 1930
Monadnock Building, Chicago, Burnham & Root, Holabird & Roche, 1891-1893
Eastern Columbia Building, Los Angeles, Claud Beelman, 1930
Mather Tower > Club Quarters Hotel, Chicago, Herbert Riddle, 1928
Union & Peoples National Bank > Jackson County Tower, Jackson, MI, Albert Kahn, 1929
Frick Building, Pittsburgh, D.H. Burnham, 1902
The Woolworth Building, New York, Cass Gilbert, 1913
Price Tower, Bartlesville, OK, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1956
Sterick Building, Memphis, Wyatt C Hendrick & Co, 1930
Industrial Trust Building, Providence, George Frederick Hall, Walker & Gillette, 1927
Guardian Building, Detroit, Donaldson & Meier; Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, 1929
Fisher Building, Detroit, Albert Kahn Associates; Graven & Mayger, 1928
Carbide & Carbon Building, Chicago, Burnham Brothers, 1929
Foshay Tower, Minneapolis, Hooper & Janusch; Magney & Tusler, 1929
Rand Tower, Minneapolis, Holabird & Root, 1929
Kansas City Power & Light Building, Kansas City, Hoit, Price & Barnes, 1931
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