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in memory of Bruce Graham, SOM architect responsible for some of Chicago’s finest buildings, the Hancock Tower and the Sears Tower, but especially the magnificent Inland Steel Building, designed with Walter Netsch.
a few images and links to museums dedicated to the handmade, whether the hand of the artist or the everyday artisan
on the progress of camera technology and building technology and the pursuit of meaning in architecture
on the language snobbery of architects and the fear of the “cute” and “pretty”
a look at how a threshold established a distinct interiority for houses that is too often lost with an example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s work to describe a spectrum of interior to exterior
a look at architects as portrayed by Hollywood in movies, from pretty cool and kick-ass 50 years ago to a bit over-sensitive in last couple of decades.