Midwest Architecture Journeys
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Product Description Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright may be the Midwest’s (and the nation’s) most famous architects, but the region has always been a fertile ground for builders master and amateur. Midwest Architecture Journeys takes readers on a trip to visit some of the region’s most inventive buildings by architects such as Bertrand Goldberg, Bruce Goff, and Lillian Leenhouts. It also includes stops at less obvious but equally daring and defining sites, such as indigenous mounds, grain silos, parking lots, flea markets, and abandoned warehouses. Through dozens of essays written by architects, critics, and journalists, Midwest Architecture Journeys argues that what might seem flat is actually monumental, and what we assume to be boring is brimming with experimentation. Review "A perfect coffee table book." -- Taylor Moore, in Curbed Chicago "A vital collection of essays." -- Curbed, "101 Books About Where and How We Live" "The Midwest finally gets its due through essays penned by architects and critics, who shine a much-deserved spotlight on the region’s architecture, from its celebrated landmarks to its lesser-known projects." -- Metropolis magazine's Gift Guide 2019 "Those who dismiss it as flyover country likely picture wide open spaces ― flat and unexciting. Those who know slightly better but haven’t spent any serious time pondering the area probably first think of Frank Lloyd Wright or big glass buildings. But the architecture in the Midwest is so much more: weird, innovative, sophisticated and above all, diverse, ranging from the oddball designs of Bertrand Goldberg (who designed Chicago’s famous Marina Towers) and the socially conscious work of Lillian Leenhouts to unheralded anonymous gems like flea markets, grain silos, rest stops, indigenous mounds and parking lots." -- Bonnie Stiernberg in Inside Hook "The Midwest has been a hub for all of our American architectural dreams for decades, but maybe an overlooked one save for the big names like Wright and Mies. Thankfully, Belt Publishing has finally come up with a book that’s both handsome and smart enough to fit on your shelf or coffee table, highlighting forgotten masterpieces from all over the region."-- Inside Hook Chicago Tribune Fall Literary Preview: 28 books you need to read now "Chicago ingenuity, and that of the greater Midwest, is on display in a range of fall books. “Midwest Architecture Journeys” by Zach Mortice (Oct. 15, Belt, 256 pages, $40) explores some of the region’s most intriguing buildings (Bruce Goff’s Ford house, Fermilab) and under-the-radar sites (parking lots, grain silos)." -- Laura Pearson, Chicago Tribune Review "Have you ever discovered a unique building or a special place and asked: why have I never heard of this before? This enthralling collection is a reminder to all of us that art and culture can be what happens when people get up day after day and simply get to work. Together, these essays expand our idea of what American architecture is, and send us out on the road with our eyes wide open." --Michael Bierut, partner, Pentagram Design and co-founder, Design Observer "There's poetry in these descriptions of our flat, fertile places, and reading them is a meditative way to wallow in Midwesternness. These stories are both a fantastic guide for lazy weekend road trips, and invitations for much deeper study into the Midwest's singular architectural legacy." --Carol Ross Barney, founder, Ross Barney Architects From the Author "Chicagoans familiar with some of the region’s most famous architects might be pleasantly surprised to learn what other architectural wonders the Midwest holds. Edited by design journalist Zach Mortice and with an introduction from Curbed’s architecture critic, Alexandra Lange, the essays and photographs take the reader through buildings by Bertrand Goldberg and Bruce Goff but also unearth interesting stories of grain silos, indigenous mounds, and parking lots." -- Sara Freund in Curbed Chicago's "10 Holiday Gifts for People who Love Chicago" About the Author Zach Mortice is a freelance architecture journalist based in Chicago. His work has appeared in Architect Magazine, Architectural Record, Metropolis, Curbed, Dezeen, CityLab, and Places Journal. He founded the Chicago design and architecture podcast A Lot You Got to Holler, and is currently the web editor for Landscape Architecture Magazine.
