Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago

For more than a decade, Pulitzer Prize-winning *Chicago Tribune* architecture critic Blair Kamin has been writing fiery, intelligent essays on the state of contemporary architecture. His subjects range from high-rises to highways, parks to public housing, Frank Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry. *Why Architecture Matters* collects the best of Kamin's acclaimed columns, offering both a look at America's foremost architectural city and a taste of Kamin's penetrating, witty style of critique.