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Is Chicago architecture too enamored of its own past?

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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."…

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