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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.

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UIC Performing Arts

Proposals for New Building at UIC Contend with Walter Netsch’s Brutalist Campus

Zach Mortice
April 8, 2019
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OMA, Johnston Marklee, and Morphosis take different approaches to designing a new performing arts center for the University of Illinois at Chicago.


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Wrightwood

‘Dimensions of Citizenship’ Dreams of Belonging Best at the Smallest and Largest Scales

Zach Mortice
March 19, 2019
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Just as its politics become unavoidable, the U.S. Pavilion installation from the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale comes home to Chicago.


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Obama Presidential Center

Obama Presidential Center Lawsuit Will Proceed, Slowing Progress of Construction

Zach Mortice
February 20, 2019
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A federal judge ruled that a nonprofit organization can go ahead with its claims that public parkland was improperly handed over to the Obama Foundation.


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Art on the Mart

Art on the Mart by Valerio Dewalt Train Associates and Obscura Digital

Chicago
Zach Mortice
November 7, 2018
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On the Chicago Riverwalk, a video-art installation beams colorful images onto the historic Merchandise Mart building. Don’t miss the short film showing the project in action.
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New Views into an Unheralded Element of Mies

New Views into an Unheralded Element of Mies

A new exhibit at the Elmhurst Art Museum explores the architect’s foray into pre-fabrication.
Zach Mortice
June 25, 2018
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A new exhibition at the Elmhurst Art Museum in Illinois explores a little-studied corner of Mies van der Rohe’s career: his brief fascination with pre-fabrication.


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Yesomi Umolu

Interview with Yesomi Umolu

The 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial artistic director plans a biennial that’s a “Civic Project.”
Zach Mortice
March 19, 2018
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The newly named artistic director of the Chicago Architecture Biennial plans to apply her multi-disciplinary expertise to an exposition that speaks to an equally wide range of public audiences.


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Amanda Williams

Chicago Works: Amanda Williams at the Museum of Contemporary Art

Zach Mortice
July 21, 2017
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A sequel of sorts to the artist’s earlier show, Color(ed) Theory, a new exhibition offers a new perspective on William's bold work with bright and monolithic color.


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Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art Renovation

Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art Renovation Will Cater to a Wider Public

Zach Mortice
March 1, 2017
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The $16 million project will convert 12,000 square feet of interior space into free and publicly accessible cultural and social venues.


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Marion Mahony Griffin Exhibition

Marion Mahony Griffin, Unbound

A new exhibition shines a light on the life of America’s most influential yet least known early 20th century female architect.
Zach Mortice
October 31, 2016
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The historical record left by architect Marion Mahony Griffin has been obscured by time, distance, and the prejudices of her age and profession.


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Chicago Architecture Biennial

Chicago Architecture Biennial Announces 2017 Curators and Theme

The showcase’s second edition, themed “Make New History” will focus on the relationship between art and architecture, and history and modernity.
Zach Mortice
September 22, 2016
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After the runaway success of last year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB), organizers announced plans for the 2017 edition.


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