Why We Should Live in Our Office Buildings



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In this video, we explore the crisis of empty office buildings in both urban and suburban locations. Common solutions include repurposing these structures for mixed use or residential. Recent conversions like the Chicago Tribune Tower have little complications or risk. But newer office structures are much more difficult logistically. Further, many suburban office parks just don’t offer the economic incentive that vibrant urban locations do. We need to be smart about what we do with these buildings and identify all the factors in deciding their future.

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Stewart Hicks is an architectural design educator that leads studios and lecture courses as an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also serves as an Associate Dean in the College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts and is the co-founder of the practice Design With Company. His work has earned awards such as the Architecture Record Design Vanguard Award or the Young Architect’s Forum Award and has been featured in exhibitions such as the Chicago Architecture Biennial and Design Miami, as well as at the V&A Museum and Tate Modern in London. His writings can be found in the co-authored book Misguided Tactics for Propriety Calibration, published with the Graham Foundation, as well as essays in MONU magazine, the AIA Journal Manifest, Log, bracket, and the guest-edited issue of MAS Context on the topic of character architecture.

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