FREE THE SPACE WITHIN THAT BUILDING IS THE REALITY OF THAT BUILDING

FREE THE SPACE WITHIN THAT BUILDING IS THE REALITY OF THAT BUILDING

FREE THE SPACE WITHIN THAT BUILDING IS THE REALITY OF THAT BUILDING

For the first time, the interiors of some of the Chicago area s greatest buildings, designed by celebrated architects, are brought together and featured in truly stunning original photographs. These Chicago-area homes, religious spaces, and commercial and public structures give visual meaning to Frank Lloyd Wright s belief that the space within becomes the reality of the building. Beginning with the Clarke House of 1836 and continuing to the present, every type and style of building is presented. Famous residences such as Wright s Robie House and Mies van der Rohe s Farnsworth House are here, but so are more modest (and not so modest) homes by Walter Burley Griffin, George Washington Maher, and Paul Schweikher. The ornate warmth of Adler & Sullivan s Auditorium Building provides striking contrast to the modern, towering underground stacks of Helmut Jahn s Mansueto Library. The soaring Bahá í Temple, by Louis Bourgeois, is elegantly highlighted alongside a humble chapel in St. Procopius Abbey Church, by Edward Dart. And commercial buildings by Daniel Burnham, John Wellborn Root, John Holabird, Martin Roche, and many more reaffirm Chicago s position as a great business center. These architects and their contemporaries have made the Chicago area a mecca for both architects and lovers of architecture from around the world. Text by author Patrick F. Cannon, who has lived and worked in Chicago and its suburbs for more than sixty years, discusses each building s architecture, architect, and place in history. James Caulfield, a noted architectural photographer, leads a visual tour into both the intimate and grand interiors of the Chicago area s finest buildings. Now the duo s fifth book, The Space Within demonstrates that good design comes in many styles. While many of these architectural masterpieces are open to the public, others particularly the private home s can only be seen here.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Dramatic exteriors, detailed interiors, and iconic images of ceilings, floors, staircases, windows, and interesting features are captured to perfection...An exceptional virtual journey through time of Chicago s longstanding cultural history, this title is highly recommended." --Library Journal starred review

Architecture Category Gold Medal --Independent Publisher Book Awards

About the Author

Patrick F. Cannon is the author of several books on architecture, including Hometown Architect: The Complete Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park and River Forest, Illinois ; Prairie Metropolis: Chicago and the Birth of a New American Home ; and Louis Sullivan: Creating a New American Architecture, all published by Pomegranate. He has also led tours of Chicago-area architecture for nearly forty years.


James Caulfield has been a commercial and advertising photographer in downtown Chicago for thirty years. His photographs have been featured by the Society of Architectural Historians, the Glessner House and Clarke House museums, and the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation. Caulfield provides ongoing site documentation for the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust.