Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-75 Spring 2025 Classical Greek and Roman myths

Classical Greek and Roman myths continue to be a source of cultural inspiration

an updated survey essay by Nato Thompson

Carlo Cracco

igniting creativity

Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-75 Spring 2025 Classical Greek and Roman mythsThe first survey of the classic twentieth century houses that defined American Midwestern modernism. Famed as the birthplace of that icon of twentieth century architecture, the skyscraper, Chicago also cultivated a more humble but no less consequential form of modernism the private residence. Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929 75 explores the substantial yet overlooked role that Chicago and its suburbs played in the development of the modern