For those that have not noticed yet there is a new School Blogger from UIC on Archinect.  BW GUSTAFSON is a first year M.Arch student.  Welcome Welcome BW GUSTAFSON.     I have been a bit behind on here, but will be making some very large updates up on here soon. 

Come and see it for yourself! Graduate School Open House! Arts & Architecture Building Oct.7 2011 4:15-7:00pm

The Department of Urban Speculation cordially invites all interested parties to attend an open forum introducing the Department and our next phase of speculation. Thursday, the Twenty-Ninth of September, 2011 at six-fifteen in the evening. DeptUS Office, Henry Hall, Room 106, University of...

Come and see it for yourself! Graduate School Open House! Arts & Architecture Building Oct.7 2011 4:15-7:00pm

The Department of Urban Speculation cordially invites all interested parties to attend an open forum introducing the Department and our next phase of speculation. Thursday, the Twenty-Ninth of September, 2011 at six-fifteen in the evening. DeptUS Office, Henry Hall, Room 106, University of...

wow new blogging platform .   Fall has arrived in Chicago (and everywhere else with the solstice I guess), and with that the SOA@UIC Lecture Series. 28 September- Michelle Addington (YSOA) 21 October- Kees Christiaanse (KCAP Architects & Planners) 24 October- John McMorrough (TCAUP...

Fall has arrived in Chicago (and everywhere else with the equinox I guess), and with that the SOA@UIC Lecture Series. 28 September- Michelle Addington (YSOA) 21 October- Kees Christiaanse (KCAP Architects & Planners) 24 October- John McMorrough (TCAUP, University of Michigan) 7 November- Freek...

Jason Mould's Artifact from today's review. Quote of the day. (In reference to Eric Hoffman's presentation) "so... your project is... what?"- Jimenez Lai

Here we go. I am back in Chicago after a summer in Copenhagen and other various Nordic lands. (I actually have been for a bit, started school on AUG22). I thought I would take a second to thank all the people that made the summer what it was. So... Thank you to the Danish Institute of Study...

Here is a look at the final product from StudioBerlin2011. Video by Spirit of Space. Stay tuned for highlights from my Denmark Studio. Cheers

The Public Exhibition for our work here in Copenhagen for the Danish Instatute of Study Abroad. A lot more on this with project posted soon. hope to see you there if you are in CPH! Thursday August 11th and Friday August 12th 11:00 - 20:00 KARCH Danneskiold Samsøes Allé 51, Entrance...

Another more in-depth look at what drives StudioBerlin... Insights from the StudioBerlin team about our inspirations for the architectural installation at Tempelhof in Berlin. Many thanks to Spirit of Space for producing this great film.hello my name is studioBerlin 2011 from Spirit of Space on...

Meet the funky Studio Berliners.

What happens when you send a group of UIC Architecture students to Berlin for the summer? Well... The world is about to know. Here is what we know so far... "StudioBerlin is a workshop based in Berlin in collaberation with the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Universität der...

This is a letter sent out by our Director Robert Somol "It is with deep sadness that I convey the news of Doug Garofalo’s passing on Sunday July 31, one day before his 53rd birthday. As many in the College and professional architectural community were aware, Doug had been...

As mentioned in previous posts I have been studying in Copenhagen with the Danish Institute of Study Abroad. In the last week we were treated to study tours to either Norway and Sweden or Finland and Sweden. My group traveled to Norway and Sweden. My first reaction to the news that I would not be...

So as mentioned in a much earlier post, I have been in Copenhagen for a little over a month... working on a Super Secret Project It is finally done... A short back story. Towards the end of the school year, Julien De Smedt came to UIC to lecture. I was fortunate enough to be able to interview him...

Here is a project from Jason Mould in my studio ARCH 552. This project was also chosen for the Year End Show. Check it. [GLITCHED MATRX] The choices are usually open office, or the corridor office plan. However, with is project, a new type of office plan is designed in which the corridor and the...

So I have been a bit absent as of late around here. I thought things might slow up after school so I could focus on putting up some recaps. I was wrong. Yesterday I arrived in Copenhagen were I will be working on a super secret project and eventually taking a studio with DIS. I am already in love...

So I tried my hardest not to slow down on posts all semester, but in the end studio, theory and tech all slowed me down more then I hoped. So now everyone gets to read a series of post wrapping up the semester that just ended this week. Ill start with Studio. ARCH552 w/ Penelope Dean and Andrew...

Less then 36hrs until studio work is due. our confirmed critics: Andrew Zago, Rob Livesey, Jose Oubrerie many more posts and many more pictures coming soon.

Our fifth and final studio review. Be there if you are awesome. Many many more posts after monday. These last few weeks have been a wild ride. but seriously lots of models. dare I say super models.

Just released. School of Architecture @ UIC's student run journal. I shot the cover buy it  it is amazing. "After our earlier celebrations of architecture’s mystique and particular fetishes—the inside of the Black Box, as we put it in Issue 3—FM decided to explore a more...

Paul Andersen is the last candidate for the assistant professorship here at UIC. I am goin to try and blog a bit while he is talking. Paul Andersen, Wednesday, April 6 Paul Andersen is director of !ndie Architecture, a Denver-based office that develops new design strategies and aesthetic...

Don't let the number of posts I am doing lull you into thinking that I am not just as busy as every other student. I just have my priorities screwed up or something... anyway here are a few shots from our weekly monday show-and-tell, this time with 1/16th study models. My contribution to the...

not gunna lie, kinda excited about this. Posters by Jenna Wolf

Comic Projections Friday, April 8 Reception 5–5:45pm • 3100 Octagon Panel 6pm • 1100 A+A Neil Denari, Sam Jacob, Mark Linder, Ben Nicholson, and Andrew Zago

Absolutely, positively, should not be writing this write now, as... well... I am in architecture school and I have other things to be doing... but... With a recent opening last Friday at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Department of Urban Speculation...now makes fine art? oh yeah! Headed by...

There is a lot happening around here lately and I am going to try and keep up with it on here. Last week was "Spring Break", which did not feel like spring or a break with temperatures in the 20s and low 30s and multiple 15hr work days to get ready for a pin up on Monday and a theory paper that...

With the thawing sun of spring starts to shine on Chicago so came Studio Review 3 of 5 to our class. And Now? SPRING BREAK! After waking from a 17hr pseudo-hibernation state,finally relaxed. Our studio projects are looking more and more like "buildings" as we refine the resolution and working...