Sunday, November 30, 2008

Sleigh Rides on Prairie Avenue, Teshigahara's Gaudi, Rosa's Goldberg, Pridmore's Shanghai, Pecha Kucha 3D and dozens more events on December Calendar

›
Even though the month shuts down after the 18th, the December Architecture in Chicago calendar is still as overstuffed as the bottom of Warr...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

Jørn Utzon's Journey

›
(photograph: Matthew Field, Wikipedia) It's said that Mies van der Rohe had simply turned away when someone attempted to introduce him ...
5 comments:
Thursday, November 27, 2008

Chicago Christmas Edition

›
. . . and because blogger doesn't appear to support image maps: The Short, Brutal Life of a Parade Balloon Christmas in Chicago, 2006 Th...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Ole Scheeren's Nutcracker Death Match

›
OK, so actually they're two different programs, but what they have in common is that they're both on Ovation TV , the arts-oriented ...
Sunday, November 23, 2008

Truss on a Stick

›
Our indefatigable correspondent - and photographer - Bob Johnson - directed our attention to what's going on at the 215 West Washington,...
6 comments:
Friday, November 21, 2008

600 North Lake Shore Drive - Opposing Critiques

›
Blair Kamin, here . Mine, below:
3 comments:
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Only through Friday to see Boom Towns!

›
Friday afternoon will be your last chance to take in Boom Towns!. Chicago Architects Design New Worlds , the exhibition I guest curated at t...
Monday, November 17, 2008

This Week: Urban Waterfronts Conference, Environmental Hall of Fame

›
Ok, it's cold, damp, and deteriorating. I don't like where this is heading. What better time to contemplate not just the challenges,...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

Weekend Reading - Ouroussoff Buffaloed, Kamin at the Piano

›
Sunday's New York Times offers up architecture critic Nicholai Ouroussoff's overview of the architecture of Buffalo , the one-time E...
3 comments:
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Chicago Streetscene - Halsted Street

›
4 comments:
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Union Station 2020, Lifestyle Building Challenge winners on display

›
The big news over the weekend was the announcement of the winner of the Chicago Architectural Club's 2008 Burnham Prize competition, Uni...
2 comments:
Monday, November 10, 2008

He thinks development is planning . . .

›
Ada Louise Huxtable, the long-time architecture critic of the New York Times, and more recently the Wall Street Journal, has a new book out,...
Sunday, November 09, 2008

Lola Lulu Chicago

›
Laaaaadies! - and - Gentlemen! In this corner! . . . representing the North side, child of Ireland, lover of students, composers and kings,...

Obama x World x 208 front pages

›
O beautiful age of illusion and utopias! We believe, we hope, and everything seems possible! Marcello, Puccini's La Boheme Apologies to ...
Friday, November 07, 2008

Last Day to Register for New Ways to Inhabit the City

›
Friday, November 7th is the last day to register for New Ways to Inhabit the City , a series of five events co-sponsored by UIC and the Inst...
Thursday, November 06, 2008

Chicago Streetscene - Hubbard's Cave

›
Tuesday, November 04, 2008

November 4, 2008 - Now Comes the Hard Part

›
1 comment:
Monday, November 03, 2008

Election Day

›
Vote Early and Often (Gonzalo Santos, California State University, Bakersfield)
Sunday, November 02, 2008

Oh, the Humanities! - Pran, Mau, Jacob, Allen, Landscape, Bridges and SuperTalls - over 50 events on November calendar

›
Big Thinkers (patent pending) is one of the key themes of this year's Chicago Humanities Festival, and it's resulted in a series of...

Plan of Chicago+100, CHF panel, noon today, at the Harris

›
We'll have a larger blurb later, but the November calendar , with over 50 architecture-related events, is up, and it's pretty heavil...