Brian Hieggelke of New City Design published a biographical article detailing the life and accomplishments of Booth Hansen’s acclaimed founder, Larry Booth.

Beginning with his beginnings in suburban La Grange, through his education at Stanford, Harvard, and MIT, and into his early work with Stanley Tigerman, the article captures the early inspirations that shaped Larry’s career. It then discusses Larry’s contribution to emerging groups of avant-garde artists and architects, the Chicago Five and the Chicago Seven — “a group of architects who banded together to rebel against the overwhelming hegemony of modernism.” Finally, it discusses the lasting impact of Booth Hansen’s work and its recent contributions to Chicago’s architectural discourse.

The text furthermore captures the philosophy that drives every Booth Hansen project. Pulitzer Prize winning critic Blair Kamin adds that, to Larry, “architecture is about buildings and urban spaces, but it’s driven by ideas.” Kamin notes that “Larry holds an important role in the ideological history of Chicago” as one of the ”four architects who really were instrumental in arguing for a broader vision” for Chicago architecture beyond Miesian modernism.

Read the article here.