September 10, 2023

63. Larry Booth: Modern Beyond Style

33 minutes

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."

Intro/Outro: "Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens

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