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Wrightwood 659 presents a trio of exhibitions opening May 6, 2022: AMERICAN FRAMING, a reinstallation of the U.S. entry in the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale; Rirkrit Tiravanija: ...

American Framing, a University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)–commissioned exhibition that premiered at the United States Pavilion during the 2021 Venice American Framing, a UIC–commissioned exhibition that premiered at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, is hitting the road.

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HUNTINGTON – For a year that featured so much change, the graduation ceremony at Gateway Regional High School was somewhat of a point of normalcy.As is traditionally the case, the ceremony was held outside on school grounds. Speakers addressed the...

AP The head of Maryland’s NAACP on Sunday lambasted Gov. Larry Hogan’s posthumous pardon of lynching victims as “political posturing,” criticizing the Republican governor for issuing a blanket pardon of dozens of the state’s Black victims even though many were never convicted of any crimes, but merely charged or accused of wrongdoing before they were killed. The scathing criticism comes after Hogan on Saturday issued the blanket pardons for Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old Black child who...

Maryland NAACP leader blasts Gov. Larry Hogans posthumous pardons of lynching victims as political posturing Updated 10:00 AM ET, Tue May 11, 2021 Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, far right, Baltimore County Executive John Olszewski and Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones stand next to a new historic marker on Saturday in Towson, Maryland, that memorializes Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old who was dragged from a jailhouse and hanged from a tree by a mob of white men in 1885. Hogan signed a posthumous ...

Copy Titled "American Framing", the United States pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, will explore the omnipresence and creative power of wood-framed construction in American architecture, an overlooked structural element. Curated by Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner, the exhibition will be on display at the Giardini della Biennale from May 22 through November 21, 2021. Architects and Associate Professors Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner have b...

UIC architecture team is creating this year’s U.S. entry to Venice Biennale, and it’s all about how Chicago invented the way Americans build houses Doug George, Chicago Tribune © Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune With instructor Paul Preissner beside her, University of Illinois at Chicago architectural graduate student Mallory Raben works on elements for the "American Framing" exhibit April 2. "American Framing" will be the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in...

Spring is imminent, but not quite here. And even with the world nearing physical re-emergence, thanks to vaccines being rolled out globally, it may be difficult to shake off those snuggly house slippers and merino-wool tracksuits just yet. The solution? Ease back into making an effort with what we like to call ‘soft dressing’. Whether it’s a luxe coat in the plushest of fabrics, furry statement boots that beg to be seen (and felt) or a knitted snood that doubles as a protective face shie...

The Dark Side of America’s Gleaming Skyscrapers Susannah Jacob Photographs by Daniel Shea In 2014, at age 19, Eric Mendoza left his farming village outside Mexico City and crossed the Rio Grande. Once in the United States, he worked construction jobs to pay his way across the country. From Texas, Mendoza traveled to rural North Carolina, where he built homes. At a Metro PCS store, he bought a cellphone for $100 so he could call his mother, Elizabeth, who had come to the U.S. w...