EdwardKeegan

A Chicago architect who practices, writes, broadcasts, and teaches on architectural subjects. Avid baseball fan, too.

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It’s not often that an exhibition is broadly visionary and distinctly do-it-yourself. But “Flyway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem,” on display at the Chicago Architecture Center through Jan. 3, is both.
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“The image of the tower is clearly not meant to be easy, in the same way that American democracy isn’t easy in the 21st century."

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“The late Pope Francis spoke of the need to “to encounter people where and as they are,” a charge that Catholic Charities embraces every day as part of its mission.”

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“Wright remains relevant because his work was really that good. The best of his designs are timeless, touching on architecture’s rich history while pointing to future possibilities.”
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“BandWith Chicago’s new home in East Garfield Park displays a more contemporary approach to minimalism, one that richly layers old and new elements in a compelling solution that is modest and straightforward while equally elegant and nuanced.”

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Civic Projects’ Yollocalli Arts Reach: “As demolition is evidence of civic failure, thoughtful renovation like this is civic triumph.”

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UIC was never going to be an ordinary campus. And it’s held up its end of the bargain throughout its six decades of existence.

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"We see far less talented architects disfiguring the historic White House in the service of a president whose grasp of architecture’s power is limited to hollow expressions of classicism, immense size and needlessly gilt finishes."

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“Is it too much to ask that the Bears be interested in the public good that architecture and urbanism can and should be? What, other than money, interests the Bears?.”
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“Wood and metal together are just like peanut butter and jelly,” [Forty Acres Fresh Market proprietor Liz] Abunaw said.
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The quote, “One doesn’t invent a new architecture every Monday morning,” is often attributed to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Goff was committed to creating a new architecture every day of the week.
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My @chicagotribune look at 2025 in Chicago architecture
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My @chicagotribune look at Bob Stern and Big City tomes.
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My thoughts and memories of Frank Gehry for @chicagotribune
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RIP, Frank Gehry

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“There are two types of chairs: comfortable ones and the other kind.”

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Bob and I had hoped to speak next week about an upcoming @chicagotribune column. RIP, fellow Brooklyn native. https://t.co/U8Ckgh1cmT

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“Revolution Workshop stands as a testament to the fact that good design doesn’t have to be complicated or overly fancy. Thoughtful and done with great purpose, Future Firm’s smart design supports activities that improve lives in tangible ways.”
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My Chicago Tribune column looks at Future Firm’s design for Revolution Workshop in Garfield Park.

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My @chicagotribune.com look at this year’s @exhibitcolumbus.org https://t.co/sqByqH6mKy