Chicago Homes: A Portrait of the City's Everyday Architecture (Bungalow Book Club Event Series)
Mon, Dec 08
|Online Zoom Event
Co-authors Carla Bruni and Phil Thompson will answer questions and share entertaining and illuminating stories of why our homes and neighborhoods look the way they do, as found in their book Chicago Homes: A Portrait of the City’s Everyday Architecture.
Time & Location
Dec 08, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Online Zoom Event
About the event
About the Book:
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Chicago is famous for its architecture—the birthplace of the skyscraper, incubator of design revolutions, and the city where Frank Lloyd Wright and his peers forged “a modern architecture for a democratic American society.” The Chicago architecture boat tour ranks among TripAdvisor’s top ten most-booked U.S. experiences. And Chicagoans know it. We love to point at and brag about the gorgeous historic buildings we live in and among.
And yet, there were no books that took Chicagoans through the full range of homes they see every day. There were volumes on “starchitects,” notable houses, or single styles, but nothing that explained why that Foursquare or Italianate made their pupils dilate. Chicago Homes fills that gap with stories, detailed pen-and-ink drawings, style guides, and a deep appreciation for the city’s everyday architecture. Drawing on their long careers in preservation and illustration, Carla…