History Of The Chicago Bungalow

A new exhibition at the Chicago Architecture Foundation traces the fascinating history of Chicago's bungalow.

1 minute read

November 16, 2001, 6:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"[Chicago] is packed with dazzling skyscrapers and drop-dead houses by the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan. Against that gem-studded backdrop, the bungalow -- solid but squat, affordable but hardly elegant -- seems like a dime-store bauble...[Yet] the bungalow is a kind of Rosetta Stone that reveals how new technologies changed the American home -- and the life of the American homemaker -- in the 1920s."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: Chicago's sweetest home gets its due

Tuesday, November 6, 2001 in The Chicago Tribune

History / Preservation Illinois

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching. Mary G., Urban and Environmental Planner

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching.

Mary G., Urban and Environmental Planner

Get top-rated, practical training for planners

Start Learning

Advertise with us

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.