Join Victoria Lautman for her first in the 2025 VISUAL WORLD
series: “20 (More…) Years of SPRAWL:
Author, Historian, and Critic Robert Bruegmann” on Saturday, January 18that 11 am at the Neutra Office in Silver Lake.
When SPRAWL: A Compact History appeared in 2005,
reviews ricocheted between glowing and apoplectic. Bruegmann – an award winning
historian and author who spent years exploring the assumption that sprawl is
bad economically, socially, ecologically, and aesthetically - basically debunked
those accepted stereotypes.
Now, an updated SPRAWL is on the horizon
incorporating developments of the past two decades, and Bruegmann will reveal
his current, possibly controversial thoughts on that topic, along with other
projects and interests.
Robert Bruegmann is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus
of Art History, Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Illinois
at Chicago, and has taught at MIT, Columbia University, and the Philadelphia
College of Art. He’s published numerous architecture books including The
Architecture of Harry Weese, A Guide to 150 Years of Chicago Architecture,
and Art Deco Chicago, along with dozens of articles, catalogs, reviews,
and essays. Roman Ivory, his first novel, appeared last year.
20 (More)
Years of SPRAWL—Saturday, January 18th, 2025; 11 AM Pacific; $5 in person or for
Zoom link. Go to www.sahscc.org and pay via PayPal; or mail in order form with
check; Zoom link sent upon registration.
