Griffin MSI's new design proposal is an affront to Chicago history
Architectural critics are challenging a proposal by the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry to alter its north and south facades. The plans are described as disrespectful to the building's historical classical composition. This debate follows a critique by Lee Bey regarding the impact on Chicago's architectural legacy.
Kudos to Sun-Times architecture writer Lee Bey’s perceptive critique of the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry’s damaging proposal to alter the building's north facade. But if I could offer my own respectful critique of the critique: It didn’t go far enough.The museum's current proposals to significantly alter both the building's north and south elevations display gross disrespect for a masterpiece of classical composition that generations of architectural commentators have deemed to be…
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