Stewart Hicks

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Stewart Hicks is an architectural design educator that leads design studios and lecture courses as an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also serves as an Associate Dean in the College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts and is the co-founder of the practice Design With Company.

There are people that help with these videos and without them, they could not happen. Allison Newmeyer, thank you very everything! Jimenez Lai, your input is crucial. Robert Becker, UIC. Thank you!

The Invention that Accidentally Made McMansions

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The Porch That Changed Every U.S. Election Since

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Inside the Station Nightclub Tragedy

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How Reality TV Houses Are Built to Break People

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How Architecture Makes Polling Better (or worse)

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How Upside-Down Models Revolutionized Architecture

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Where Did All the 9/11 Steel Go?

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The Absurd Superficiality of Suburban Homes

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Why Retail Spaces Are Becoming “Hyper-Physical”

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Forgotten Innovations of a “Perfect Town”

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The Existential Dread of False Ceilings

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Chicago’s NASCAR Race is a Marvel of Physics

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Chicago’s Newest Towers Are Invisible to Wind

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Why 3D Printing Buildings Leads to Problems

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Why Every City Wants a Wrigley Field

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The Methodical Plan to Replace Chicago

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