architect and author
Architect with HBRA Architects and co-author of Plans of Chicago
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Aric Lasher
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FROM Aric Lasher
Design and Architecture
Alejandro Aravena and the Obama Library Finalists Some big announcements in the architecture world: Alejandro Aravena won the coveted Pritzker Prize, and the list of firms vying to design the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago was narrowed to seven. Cliff Pearson talks about Aravena's socially oriented, "muscular" work, and the firms in the running for the Obama Library design. Aric Lasher weighs in on how Obama's transformative role as America's first black president shapes expectations for his library.
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