Chicago Architecture Center's video: Architect Talk: An Evening with Stanley Tigerman

In what would be late architect Stanley Tigerman’s last public lecture, the visionary designer and theorist reflects on his career, the state of the profession and the worth of architecture itself. With generous insights, wit and candor, this is vintage Tigerman. Tigerman’s Postmodern buildings are often cited for their whimsy, embedded with humor and irony to undercut the seriousness of life. This is true, though he also brought great skill and nuance to his practice from the sketchbook to the completed work. Analytical process was critical to Tigerman, so he could believe in what he was doing, and a restless intellect led him through many chapters over his long professional life. Tigerman was a leader of the Chicago Seven movement, a loose-knit group of architects allied in their critique of what they saw as derivative Modernism that pervaded Chicago in the 1960s and 1970s. He was also a pioneering educator and strong proponent of designing for social justice. “Architect Talk: An Evening with Stanley Tigerman" was held on February 28, 2019 in the Joan and Gary Gand Lecture Hall at the Chicago Architecture Center. Reed Kroloff, Dean of the College of Architecture at IIT, joins Tigerman in conversation. Visit https://www.architecture.org/programs to learn more about upcoming events at the CAC.