Larry Booth: Modern Beyond Style

Our guest is Larry Booth, founder of Booth Hansen Architects and a member of the original "Chicago Seven" group of architects who broke away from the Miesian acolytes dominating the discourse in Chicago at the end of the 1970s. He has a new monograph by Jay Pridmore called "Modern Beyond Style." We chat about postmodernism, pluralism, and the sensibilities that have made his work timeless, even as he has transitioned from the "young Turk" to "the establishment."

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Intro/Outro: "Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens

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Discussed:

• "One Hundred Years of Architecture in Chicago" exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 1973


• the Chicago Architectural Club & "Chicago Architects" exhibition, 1976


• Time Life Building, Harry Weese, 1969


• Museum of Contemporary Art - Larry Booth, 1978


• Museum of Contemporary Art - Josef Paul Kleihues, 1996


• Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL - Booth Hansen, 1985


• The Whites (the New York Five)


• The Grays


• Computer Design Research and Learning Center, University of Illinois at Chicago


• Philip Johnson, cover of Time Magazine, Jan. 8, 1979, with the drawing for the AT&T Building, New York


• Paul Hansen, the "business side" of Booth Hansen


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