Fire and Clay - How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago

Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago

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English | 2026 | ISBN: 0226828107 | 320 pages | True EPUB | 41.8 MB
A remarkable exploration of Chicago’s architectural history through the humble brick.
By the late 1920s, at its peak of brick making and consumption, Chicago was making over a billion bricks a year for its buildings and importing almost another billion nicer face bricks for their front facades. Throughout Chicago’s history, brick dramatically transformed from a simple fireproof building material into an integral piece of architectural design. And no one knows the hidden details and stories of this fascinating history like Chicago’s foremost brick aficionado, Will Quam.