Chris Hytha and Mark Houser are collaborators on Highrises: Art Deco, a multimedia series chronicling the great skyscraper edifices of the roaring ‘20s. Photographed by drones and meticulously measured and researched, the series – a book, prints, website, mobile phone wallpaper and exhibition -- reveals fascinating details and stories of these distinctly American icons. Catch the in-person book talk on July 18 and the exhibition from May 31 to August 26 at the Chicago Architecture Center.


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Intro/Outro: “High Rise” by Ladytron


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Discussed:


MultiStories: 55 Antique Skyscrapers and the Business Tycoons Who Built Them


The DJI Air 2S Drone


Highrises Art Deco: 100 Spectacular Skyscrapers from the Roaring ‘20s to the Great Depression


Henry W. Oliver Building, Pittsburgh, D.H. Burnham, 1910


Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Bertram Goodhue, 1932


Public Market > Modern Spirits Liquor Store, Tulsa, Gaylord Noftsger, 1930


Monadnock Building, Chicago, Burnham & Root, Holabird & Roche, 1891-1893


Eastern Columbia Building, Los Angeles, Claud Beelman, 1930


Mather Tower > Club Quarters Hotel, Chicago, Herbert Riddle, 1928


Union & Peoples National Bank > Jackson County Tower, Jackson, MI, Albert Kahn, 1929


Frick Building, Pittsburgh, D.H. Burnham, 1902


The Woolworth Building, New York, Cass Gilbert, 1913


Price Tower, Bartlesville, OK, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1956


Sterick Building, Memphis, Wyatt C Hendrick & Co, 1930


Industrial Trust Building, Providence, George Frederick Hall, Walker & Gillette, 1927


Guardian Building, Detroit, Donaldson & Meier; Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, 1929


Fisher Building, Detroit, Albert Kahn Associates; Graven & Mayger, 1928


Carbide & Carbon Building, Chicago, Burnham Brothers, 1929


Foshay Tower, Minneapolis, Hooper & Janusch; Magney & Tusler, 1929


Rand Tower, Minneapolis, Holabird & Root, 1929


Kansas City Power & Light Building, Kansas City, Hoit, Price & Barnes, 1931


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