In spite of a sluggish economy, in 2011 the Midwest continued to be a place for leading-edge urban and architectural ideas. Highlights from AN’s coverage include right-sizing a shrinking Detroit, a concrete icon in peril, Chicago’s bike and pedestrian program, permeable streets in Kansas City, and grand new waterfronts in Minneapolis and Cincinnati. Also, a Chicago great gets star treatment at the Art Institute and a mid century residential masterpiece opens to the public. We also look at the people and politics behind two of architecture’s top prizes, both based in Chicago.
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11.16.2011 Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention at the Art Institute of Chicago through January 15: Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention is the first retrospective of the Chicago architect’s work, and it is the Art Institute’s bid to add Goldberg to the architectural pantheon. Primarily, though, it offers an opportunity to portray Goldberg as more than a one trick pony. Like many creative people, Goldberg is inextricably connected to his most famous work, Chicago’s Marina City, which has proven a mixed blessing to his legacy. It’s noted for the idiosyncratic imagery of its cylindrical towers, but the organizers of this show might argue that this may be its least emblematic aspect. Marina City, and its designer’s work, are on the surface all about circular forms and structural concrete, but it and he are so much more. |
