The essay collection Chicagoisms challenges architects to revive the city's reputation as a laboratory for great buildings.
by Laura Pearson
When Alexander Eisenschmidt moved to Chicago in 2007, the German-born architectural theorist was disturbed by how the city talks about its buildings. Sipping a glass of rosé in the cafe at the Art Institute's Modern Wing, he describes a kind of "museum-ification."…[ Read more ]