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Architecture Critic & Author: Lee Bey

"Southern Exposure" by Lee Bey

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Chicago Sun-Times Author Lee Bey

Lee Bey is architecture critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and ABC7 News Chicago.        
His column covers the Chicago area’s built environment and the architectural, political, racial and historical forces that shape it.
He was a member of the Sun-Times editorial board for six years where he wrote editorials on city governance, neighborhood development, politics and urban planning.
Bey is the author of the much-praised book, Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side (Northwestern University Press, 2019), which showcases his architectural photography and social commentary.
He was also the host of the public television special, Building Blocks: The Architecture of Chicago’s South Side, which aired on WTTW in 2023. Bey earned a 2023 Midwest Emmy nomination for his work on the program.
He is also an in-demand speaker and media commentator on the subjects of architecture, urban planning, Chicago history and late 20th century Black history and culture.
Bey is an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture
A recipient of the 2021 Julius Shulman Institute Excellence in Photography Award, and the 2019 Distinguished Service Award by the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Bey is currently working on a book that documents the architecture of Chicago’s West Side.

Lee's Three Classic Buildings:

Marina City Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Architect: Bertrand Goldberg

Chicago Picasso, Daley Plaza
Artist: Pablo Picasso

   

    Robie House, Chicago, Illinois
   Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright

 I first heard Lee Bey speak at the AIA CRAN (Custom Residential Architects Network) 

Symposium in Chicago in the Fall of 2022. I t was my first time in the city and the 

educational programming was fantastic led by Julie Hacker and Stuart Cohen who 

also spoke about the history of Chicago's architecture. Lee's commandment of the 

room was spectacular, even though we were in a very unimpressive ballroom, (get 

ready for more of that people.....) 

And when I took the trip to the Farnsworth House on the last day of the conference 

in and Turo rented Audi in pouring rain, I purchased Lee's book, "Southern Exposure" 

only to misplace it somewhere in my house after I asked Lee to do a podcast and sign 

the book. I will repurchase the book and have you sign it Lee!  So, I am so glad that we 

were finally able to make the timing work and do the podcast even though he had 

introduced Tom Kundig and his new book at an event earlier in the week and then had

a tour of the Obama Presidential Library with Billie later in the week!

Looking forward to reading your articles on the and more Chicago architecture!!!