Published in celebration of the university sesquicentennial, this text chronicles Northwestern's history, from the effort to found an institution of the highest order through the rise of the modern university.

Northwestern University: A History is a resplendent guide to the origins and development of this university. Writer and critic Jay Pridmore offers the definitive chronicle of Northwestern s establishment from its founders struggle to erect a campus in the wilderness on Lake Michigan s western shore to its contemporary status as an institution of the highest order with three thriving campuses, esteemed faculty and students, and a leading endowment.
Accompanied by a wealth of color photographs, ephemera, and archival material, Northwestern University: A History brings to the...

Des Moines boasts a remarkable architectural portfolio rich in depth and quality. The town drew wide attention in the nineteenth century with structures like the Iowa State Capitol and the Terrace Hill mansion. Des Moines embraced the City Beautiful movement in the twentieth century and became home to well-known work by Eliel and Eero Saarinen, notably the city's innovative Art Center. A contemporary architectural renaissance produced lauded landmarks like the Meredith Headquarters, the Des Moines Public Library and the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park. Author Jay Pridmore crafts an...

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I. W. Colburn: Emotion in Modern Architecture "chronicles the career of one of Chicago s most influential mid-century modernists. Colburn s houses, institutional buildings, and religious structures feature a highly refined blend of structural expression and deeply embedded elements of traditional architecture. Colburn was an independent architect whose sculptural buildings were controversial in his time, but whose mastery of proportion, materials, and space have gained wide recognition 50 years later.

Colburn s architecture was extremely influential to architects in the mid-twentieth...