tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post4750585456677003245..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: Do Chicago Architects Still Matter?Lynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-61609211103741791502007-08-09T13:16:00.000-05:002007-08-09T13:16:00.000-05:00As a former SOMer, it is clear to me that Adrian S...As a former SOMer, it is clear to me that Adrian Smith's impact on that office is grossly overstated. Most of the best SOM project from the last ten years were largely designed by others in the Chicago office, even if Adrian's name ultimately gets put on them. Gordon Gill is actually a bigger loss for SOM Chicago in terms of "design talent", but Adrian definitely pulled in the revenue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-7319265612022775202007-07-07T08:49:00.000-05:002007-07-07T08:49:00.000-05:00The Harold Washington Library just may have been t...The Harold Washington Library just may have been the final nail in the coffin of any period of Chicago leadership in architecture. It's a horrible backwards looking design that helped usher in da mayor's era of orange-red brick and fake wrought iron; and it also re-wrote the rules for acquistion of architectural services and turned it into just another bean counter's line item.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-45876806191674180342007-07-06T10:43:00.000-05:002007-07-06T10:43:00.000-05:00The only icons built in Chicago anymore are Hercul...The only icons built in Chicago anymore are Herculean parking garages. Very few projects in the last 5–10 years have made it to Architectural Record, and when they do, it's usually some young architect designing an interior space using "green" materials (read: rubber, garbage or some other icky material) or an aging starchitect racing to build a supertall residential or UFOesque college building.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-85842297316472627662007-07-03T15:45:00.000-05:002007-07-03T15:45:00.000-05:00The firms that win the revenue race usually have s...The firms that win the revenue race usually have significant public contracts, and this city and state aren't doing much of anything outside of road repairs. Being broke may have something to do with that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-82385972414840180702007-07-03T12:11:00.000-05:002007-07-03T12:11:00.000-05:00With Adrian Smith ousted from SOM, his new firm wi...With Adrian Smith ousted from SOM, his new firm will take away from SOM/Chicago middle eastern or Chinese projects...its the design of any supertall project that wins the commission..SOM has inferior design talent these days...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-70696175233060911812007-07-02T22:18:00.000-05:002007-07-02T22:18:00.000-05:00Even though P+W and SOM are HQ elsewhere, how many...Even though P+W and SOM are HQ elsewhere, how many of the projects (and $) are coming from the Chicago offices? It seems like every Chinese or Middle Eastern supertall or masterplan is done by SOM Chicago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com