2024-12-22T03:22:22-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150126158/meet-future-firm-the-chicago-based-practice-calling-on-architects-to-visualize-vibrant-new-futures Mackenzie Goldberg 2019-04-01T14:13:00-04:00 >2019-04-03T12:38:21-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/69/69ab530352f5043b2f1142ee57adb7d3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Ann Lui and Craig Reschke see themselves as "the ones that start awkwardly dancing to jumpstart a bigger dance party." As&nbsp;founders of the Chicago-based practice&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150125423/future-firm" target="_blank">Future Firm</a>,&nbsp;the two are pushing boundaries in urban architecture and design by starting conversations and sparking fresh ideas. A core group of four, the small office collaborates with a network of people to manifest new futures, working across a range of mediums, scales, and disciplines. For this week's <a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/845829/small-studio-snapshots" target="_blank">Studio Snapshot</a>, we talk with Ann and Craig about agency in architecture, the need for a public architect, and the feminist activists, the Guerrilla Girls.</p>