During the Chicago Architecture Biennial in 2015, SC Johnson Wax sponsored free tours of the SC Johnson Wax Campus and Wingspread home in Racine, Wisconsin. Even though I’m not a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright (I’m a Sullivan guy through […]
Kahn, Ando, Johnson in Fort Worth
After coming back from my European Study Abroad trip in 2010, I got the chance to visit the Dallas/Fort Worth area. I had to sneak away from the girl I was dating at the time, her kids, and her mother […]
Farnsworth House – Mies van der Rohe
Seemingly like the other architects I know in Chicago, a few years back I made my way to the Farnsworth House in Plano. I mean it was so heavily hyped in architectural history classes and as a modern masterpiece that […]
Irwin Union Bank – Eero Saarinen
When was the last time you saw a bank look this damn good? When Sullivan was designing them, or Deborah Burke’s bank in Columbus, right? Well Eero Saarinen took Sullivan’s (and others) Midwestern Fortress Bank typology and threw it right […]
Gullfoss
Gullfoss, 2017, 18×24, Acrylic on Canvas, $350 Inspired by Iceland’s Gullfoss waterfall I wanted to capture the beauty of nature, power of water, and the brisk atmosphere of an Icelandic fall day. An underpainting utilizing an icy blue hue brings […]
WMS Boathouse at Clark Park – Studio Gang
The boathouse so nice, they built it twice – and for good reason. The boathouse in Clark Park, coupled with the one in Bridgeport and the continued expansion of river walks around the city, are part of Mayor Emanuel’s attempt […]
Literary Lines – 2017
Literary Lines, 2017, 12×12, Acrylic on Canvas, $150 I spent lots of time in I.M. Pei’s Cleo Rogers Memorial Library as a kid, and one of the things that always struck me is the use of regulating lines/grid in the […]
Poetry Foundation – John Ronan
Bringing it back to Chicago now, one of my favorite buildings in the city is a small, unassuming 2-story building in the heart of River North – John Ronan’s Poetry Foundation. The building shields itself from the city, causing an […]
This is Not a Playhouse – Life of an Architect Competition
This is Not a Playhouse – Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition – March/April 2017 This is Not a Playhouse seeks to strip away the traditional formal and stylistic trappings of children’s playhouses, leaving children’s imaginations to run wild. Recalling Magritte’s The Treachery […]