UIC Monday Evening Lecture: Stan AllenMonday, February 19, 5:30 pm Stan Allen is an architect, theorist, and former Dean of the School of Architecture at Princeton University, where he currently serves as the George Dutton ’27 Professor of Architecture. 845 W. Harrison St. Rm 1100 A+D... View full entry

In my theory course our research project is on an architectural typology that has been disrupted / effected by American capitalism. The typology I have chosen is Motels / Hotels, and my first instinct is to research the shift in lodging from traveling the American Highway to the bigger, badder... View full entry

Witold Rybczynski writes of visiting the Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago:"The atmosphere was different from that in other public buildings. Unlike a museum, it had no price of admission, and the security guards were unobtrusive; the stacks were open, and the books were there to be... View full entry

from Brain Pickings: Allow yourself the uncomfortable luxury of changing your mind. Cultivate that capacity for “negative capability.” We live in a culture where one of the greatest social disgraces is not having an opinion, so we often form our “opinions” based on superficial... View full entry

I'd like to re-post / share the open letter from the Yale University School of Architecture students as they respond to the AIA in support of Trump + administration. Original post via Architect here. On November 9, 2016, the American Institute of Architects resigned itself to a cowardly position... View full entry

FM VIII IS CONCERNED WITH THE MEANING OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE CITY.The dinosaurs of capitalism have become the senescence of urbanism. If the modernist project of carte blanche is over, how do we engage the city’s filthy state without a clean slate? Contemporary architectural discourse has... View full entry

At the beginning of February, I was approached by two fellow studiomates to join their team in producing a submission on behalf of UIC for Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry's Brick by Brick exhibition. Our task at hand was to imagine the building to deal with challenges that face our... View full entry

As an imminent MAD Crit student at UIC, I have a desire to learn more about and experiment in writing (aka this blog!). I have never considered myself a "writer," as writing was simply an early education fundamental that I was better at than math. However, what I deem beautiful writing I first... View full entry