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Mies Van Der Rohe

Life as General Director of Chicago Opera Theater ...

Brian Dickie | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mies Van Der Rohe, Chicago College of the Performing Arts, Henry Fogel, Chicago Opera Theater, Mayor Daley, Millennium Park, Al Capone, Chicago Opera, Chicago News
Brian Dickie

... And there are days when it would be good to illustrate the varied stuff I have the pleasure of dealing with, enjoying, or whatever ... I had a go...

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In Search of a Fourth Urbanism Part 3; Wherein I Name One

Frank Gruber | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Cityism, Mies Van Der Rohe, Vancouver, Santa Monica, Barcelona, New Urbanism, Robert Venturi, Denver, Living News
Frank Gruber

I wrote about three places where I have seen Cityism occurring -- Vancouver, Barcelona, and my own city of Santa Monica -- but there are many other cities where Cityism is taking place.

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Tribune Architecture Critic Breaks With Preservationists: Threatened Mies IIT Building 'Utterly Dispensable'

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 06.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Blair Kamin, Historic Preservation, Mies Test Cell, Illinois Institute of Technology, Mies Van Der Rohe, Mies Iit Buildings, Mies Gunnery, Chicago News

You'd never suspect that a great architect shaped the clunky brick box at the corner of 35th and Federal Streets. But the master of the steel-and-glas...

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Going, Going, Gone? Will Chicago Tear Down Buildings by Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius?

Edward Lifson | Posted 05.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Michael Reese Hospital Olympic Village, Iit, Historic Preservation, Walter Gropius, Mies Van Der Rohe, Chicago Architecture, Olympics, Mayor Daley, Chicago Preservation, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago News
Edward Lifson

The best way to promote sustainable, environmentally responsible architecture is to adaptively reuse buildings where possible. The Michael Reese campus is the perfect place.

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Mosques, Moolah, and the Importance of Tradition

Victoria Lautman | Posted 05.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Islam, Richard Driehaus, Classicism, Driehaus Prize, Mosques, Architecture, Muslim-Tradition, Pritzker Prize, Mies Van Der Rohe, Prince Charles, Saudi Arabia, Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil, Muslim Architecture, Islamic Architecture, Chicago News
Victoria Lautman

El-Wakil is considered one of the most prominent proponents of contemporary Islamic architecture, making him a stimulating choice for the Driehaus Prize, which has thus far gone only to Western architects.

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Obama and "The Chicago Way"

Martin Nolan | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: James Wright, Lynn Sweet Chicago Sun-Times, Ben Hecht Charles MacArthur, Mies Van Der Rohe, Boston, Richard J. Daley, Harvard FacultyClub, The Front Page, Sean Connery, Warren G. Harding, Rosalind Russell, Cary Grant, Nelson Algren, Steve Neal, Theodore Roosevelt, James T. Farrell, Happy Days Are Here Again, Sy Hersh, Richard M. Daley, Willa Cather, Grover Cleveland, Stud Terkel, Al Capone, Saul Bellow, Kurt Vonnegut, H.H. Richardson, John Kass, Finley Peter Dunne, Franklin Roosevelt, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Barack Obama, Howard Hawks, Blackstone Hotel, Dwight Eisenhower, David Thomson, Rahm Emanuel, Mike Royko, Chicago Tribune, Carl Sandburg, Theodore Dreiser, John Dos Passos, Abraham Lincoln, 1968 Demorcatic National Convention, Chicago News
Martin Nolan

How does Barack Obama fit into political Chicago? I found out at another convention, Boston's in 2004.

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Now is a Good Time to Visit (and Rescue!) the Most Stunningly Beautiful Modernist House in Illinois

Edward Lifson | Posted 11.15.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Mies Van Der Rohe, Architecture, Farnsworth House Cleanup, Chicago Architecture, Farnsworth House Flooded, Farnsworth House Tours, Landmarks Illinois, Farnsworth Flooding, Farnsworth House, Saving Farnsworth House, Farnsworth, Chicago News
Edward Lifson

Structure is the essence of architecture, good architecture is based on nature, and here it is beautifully abstracted. Autumn is a good time to see-- and save-- the Farnsworth House.

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Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Be A Modern Architect . . .

Edward Lifson | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Architecture, Damien Hirst, Art Auction News, Farnsworth House, Mies Van Der Rohe Farnsworth, Mies Van Der Rohe, Chicago Architecture, Farnsworth House Flooded, Saving Farnsworth House, Chicago News
Edward Lifson

Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House is still flooded and they're desperately seeking funds to restore and reopen this masterpiece.

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Farnsworth House: Saving A Masterpiece

The Skyline | Blair Kamin | Posted 10.17.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Mies Van Der Rohe Farnsworth, Mies Van Der Rohe, Farnsworth House Flooded, Fox River Flooding, Farnsworth House Fox River, Landmarks Illinois, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Plano, Farnsworth House, Saving Farnsworth House, Farnsworth House Closed, Chicago News

What to do with Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, the lovely one-story pavilion of steel and glass that the neighboring--but not very neighborly--...

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