Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago
Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago
by Will Quam
University of Chicago Press Cloth: 978-0-226-82810-7 | eISBN: 978-0-226-82811-4
TOC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: A City Built Mostly of Itself
1. The Awkward Middle Child of Building Materials
2. The Perfect Brick
3. The Subtle Variations of Nature
4. Tapestry, Texture, and Tint
5. Excess and Terra-Cotta
6. Shape, Line, and Simplicity
7. Freedom from the Monotony of Mass Production
8. The End of Common Brick
9. A Grown-Up, Permanent Material
10. The Playful and Familiar Brick
11. Modern Forms, Traditional Materials
12. Chicago Bricks Are Falling Down
Afterword