Article: The Architects and the City: Holabird & Roche of Chicago, 1880-1918.(Review)

Robert Bruegmann The Architects and the City: Holabird & Roche of Chicago, 1880-1918. University of Chicago, 543 pages, $65

The history of Chicago architecture is fascinating. The history of the history of Chicago architecture is even more fascinating. "This book grew out of an effort to understand the vast and varied man-made landscape that constitutes the Chicago metropolitan area and its hinterland." So begins Robert Bruegmann's study of the Chicago architectural firm of Holabird & Roche. The Architects and the City: Holabird & Roche of Chicago, 1880-1918 will, the author says, be supplemented by a second volume, covering the architects' works in the 1920s and ...






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