Handbook for architects and builders
A professional reference issued by the Illinois Society of Architects in Chicago from 1898 onward, compiling building standards, trade data and construction practice for working architects, contractors and suppliers. Its plates mix halftone photographs of brick and terra-cotta commercial blocks with fine-line rendered elevations, giving designers repeating window grids, cornice and parapet details, and street-level views with parked cars and utility poles.
