Architorture

“We think of all the buildings that try to be well mannered, that don't strive, that don't attempt to create a new future," says Joe Valerio, one of the architects whose work is included in Chicago Architecture: Ten Visions, a new exhibit that's on display at the Art Institute through April 3rd. "We look around and see all these buildings that are just incredibly dull and boring, and I think the show is interesting in the sense that it challenges you. Each room is in a way an act of civil disobedience."

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The photos at the Chicago Architecture: 10 Visions website makes the group look as radical as a gaggle of accountants on Casual Friday. It's embarrassing to be part of a profession that promotes such simple-minded cliches.

How can an architect who lives in one of America's great cities not recognize that every one of the many attempts to reinvent the city over the last 100 years has been a failure?