James L. Nagle, 'Chicago Seven' architect, has died

2021-02-15T13:37:00-05:00

James L. "Jim" Nagle, founding member of Chicago-based Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects and an influential voice of the Chicago Seven, a postmodern group of architects formed around Stanley Tigerman in the late 1970s in opposition to the doctrinal application of Modernism at the time, has passed away at the age of 83.

"It wasn't Mies that got boring," Nagle said during a 2005 panel discussion at the Celebrating 25 Years of the Chicago Seven reunion. "It was the copiers that got boring.... You got off an airplane in the 1970s, and you didn't know where you were."

In remembrance of his influence and contribution, Nagle's partner Don McKay, principal at Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects, issued this statement:

We are saddened by the passing or our colleague, Jim Nagle, one of the very best architects we have known.

Jim’s success came early as one of a group of architects who claimed design independence from the orthodox Modernism that dominated Chicago architecture at the time. Jim wa...

Church, school and power plants make Chicago's endangered building list

2014-03-05T14:08:00-05:00

A Catholic church, a theater and one of the nearly 50 schools closed by Chicago Public Schools last year are among the most endangered buildings in the city, a local preservation group said today. Preservation Chicago today released its Chicago 7 list, an annual collection of seven local, historic properties in danger of being lost to demolition or decay.

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James L. Nagle, 'Chicago Seven' architect, has died

Church, school and power plants make Chicago's endangered building list