Zach Mortice

Zach Mortice is a Chicago-based design journalist who focuses on landscape architecture and architecture. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram @zachmortice.

With a Full Opening Still Ahead, the Chicago Architecture Biennial’s Fifth Edition Commences at Select Sites

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October 2, 2023

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The slow-roll of the first phase of this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial blurs the line between practice and performance.

Chicago Architect Carol Ross Barney Wins 2023 AIA Gold Medal

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January 3, 2023

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The first living woman to receive the organization's highest honor as an individual, Ross Barney is known for her public works, including infrastructure and transportation projects.

Floating Museum Collective Named Artistic Directors of 2023 Chicago Biennial

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September 23, 2022

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The biennial’s fifth edition will focus on the city as a site of constant change.

"American Framing" Returns to Wood Framing’s Geographic and Cultural Origin

Back from the Venice Biennale, the show is a mediation on the most common way we build

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May 17, 2022

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The exhibition, first displayed at the Venice Architecture Biennale, is a simple and soulful mediation that resonates powerfully from its new venue in Chicago.

Chicago Biennial Returns to Michigan Avenue Cultural Center with New Exhibition Space

Initial show ponders the architecture of reparations in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood

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April 26, 2022

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The initial show in the new space ponders the architecture of reparations in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood.

New Exhibition Shines a Light on George Fred Keck’s Solar Home of 1933

‘Houses of Tomorrow,’ on the first glass dwelling in the U.S., is on view at the Elmhurst Museum near Chicago through May 29

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February 8, 2022

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The exhibition explores the modernist Chicago architect’s House of Tomorrow built for the city’s Century of Progress international exposition.

Interview with Carol Ross Barney

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October 1, 2021

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The architect speaks with RECORD after being awarded the 2021 National Design Award from Cooper Hewitt.

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A Radical Idea in Chicago: A Biennial that Listens and Builds

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September 22, 2021

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The South and West Sides take center stage as the venue for architectural imagination at the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial.

London’s Serpentine Galleries Names Yesomi Umolu Director of Cultural Affairs

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January 5, 2021

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Umolu steps into her new role this month at the Serpentine, where she will oversee the gallery’s curatorial, interpretive, and editorial portfolios.

Chicago’s Wrightwood 659 Hosts Compelling Exhibition of Indian Master Doshi

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September 16, 2020

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The exhibition "Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People," on view through December, plays up Doshi’s fusion of Indian vernacular traditions and Modernism.