For a while there, it was no fun talking to Chicago’s top residential architects. It’s not that they bored us — they’re among the most interesting people you’ll ever meet — but they were prone to complaints. They complained about developers who refused to build anything interesting, about the buyers who settled for bland buildings, about the bankers who wouldn’t finance anything perceived as risky and about the brokers who promoted the idea that only vintage-looking designs could sell in Chicago.There were good reasons for the architects’ grumbling, but even well-reasoned, articulate complaints from the intellectuals who, literally, shape our city, grow old quickly.
Today, innovation and creativity are back. The zeitgeist has changed to such a degree that we decided to let you listen in directly on our conversations and hear about the latest residential architecture in the best way possible — from the mouths of architects. In the October edition of New Homes Magazine, six of the city’s top architects dish on their latest projects, pet peeves and the future of architecture in the Windy City. And – get this – they even give props to some competitors. Read more and let us know what you think.