2024-11-24T02:08:42-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150007065/tigerman-mccurry-are-closing-shop-and-retiring Nicholas Korody 2017-05-11T18:07:00-04:00 >2017-05-11T18:07:53-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/lz/lzr8d9i6leg4vmin.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Husband and wife duo Stanley Tigerman and Margaret McCurry, principals of <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/14990969/tigerman-mccurry-architects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tigerman McCurry Architects</a>, have had a sizable influence on the profession, particularly in their hometown of Chicago. Now their saga is coming to a close, with Dennis Rodkin of <a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170511/NEWS07/170519955/stanley-tigerman-margaret-mccurry-closing-chicago-office#utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=ccb-breakingnews&amp;utm_campaign=ccb-breakingnews-20170511" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Crain&rsquo;s </em></a>reporting that they&rsquo;re shuttering their practice and retiring.</p><p>Tigerman is perhaps best known for his central position in the Chicago Seven, a group of architects that challenged modernist orthodoxy and ushered in the post-modern era. His built work, from the Anti-Cruelty Animal Shelter to the Pensacola Apartments (both in Chicago), exemplifies ideas he expounded in theoretical writing. In 1977, Tigerman organized a conference on &ldquo;The State of the Art of Architecture&rdquo;&mdash;an event of significant import, as signaled by the appropriation of its theme by the curators of the first <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/465082/chicago-architecture-biennial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chicago Architecture Biennial</a>.</p><p>McCurry likewise holds a position in the upper echelons of the post-modern hierarchy. In particular, her residential work has b...</p>