Chicagoland Dream Houses

Acknowledgments Introduction



Shortages: The Postwar Housing Crisis and Architectural Competitions
To the Rescue: The Chicago Tribune's Chicagoland Prize Homes Competition
Spreading the News: Putting the Competition before the Public
A More Permanent Legacy: Publishing the Prize Homes Book
House Design and Domestic Life: Analyzing the Houses
Modernism Skepticism: Contemporaneous Views of the Modern Aesthetic
Competing Visions: Other Architectural Competitions
Breaking Ground: The Building Project
Houses in Flux: Prize Homes Houses Evolve

Conclusion: A Competition Like No Other Appendix I Known Entries to the Prize Homes Competition

Appendix II Prize Homes Competition Winners and the Designs Known to Be Built

Notes

Index

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• História da arquitetura
• Edifícios residenciais, edifícios domésticos
• História das Américas
• História do século 20: c 1900 a c 2000

architects; architecture; house design; architectural competitions; vernacular housing; post-war housing shortage; post-war baby boom; nuclear family; single-family houses; veterans; GI Bill; Chicago; Chicago suburbs; houseplan books; houseplan catalogs; American families; kitchens; bedrooms; yards; garages; house privacy; cars; windows; bathrooms; family size; Chicago Tribune; American dream