Midwest Architecture Journeys - by Zach Mortice (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A reexamination of overlooked Midwestern architectural styles<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>"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." </b></p><p>Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright may be the Midwest's (and the nation's) most famous architects, but the region has always been fertile ground for both master and amateur builders. Through a gorgeous array of photographs and short essays, <i>Midwest Architecture Journeys</i> takes readers on a trip to visit some of the region's most inventive buildings by architects such as Bertrand Goldberg, Bruce Goff, David Haid, Earl Young, and Lillian Leenhouts. It also includes stops at less obvious but equally daring sites, such as: </p><p>- The Cahokia mounds </p><p>- Buffalo grain silos</p><p>- Flint parking lots </p><p>- Dayton flea markets </p><p>- Fermilab </p><p>- New Glarus restaurants </p><p>- Minneapolis underground buildings </p><p>- Bronzeville churches</p><p>- Pruitt-Igoe public housing </p><p>- Cleveland's abandoned warehouses.</p><p>This "vital collection of essays," full of stunning photographs, proves that what might seem flat is actually monumental, and what we assume to be boring is brimming with experimentation. </p><p>The "perfect coffee table book" that's also perfect for your next road trip.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A perfect coffee table book. -- Taylor Moore, in <i>Curbed Chicago</i><br><br>A vital collection of essays. -- Curbed, 101 Books About Where and How We Live<br><br>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<br><br>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. -- <i>Metropolis</i> magazine's Gift Guide 2019<br><br>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.--<i>Inside Hook</i><br><br>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 <i>Inside Hook</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Zach Mortice is a freelance architecture journalist based in Chicago. His work has appeared in <i>Architect Magazine</i>, <i>Architectural Record</i>, <i>Metropolis</i>, <i>Curbed</i>, <i>Dezeen</i>, <i>CityLab</i>, and <i>Places Journal</i>. He founded the Chicago design and architecture podcast <i>A Lot You Got to Holler</i>, and is currently the web editor for <i>Landscape Architecture Magazine</i>.
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