Journal Articles

“Fluorescent Lamps: Visual and Thermal Comfort in Modern Interiors.”  Construction History.  Vol. 35, no. 2.  Winter, 2020.  89-112.

“Chicago’s Other Skyscrapers: Grain Elevators and the City, 1838-1957.” Journal of Urban History.  May, 2020.

“A ‘Poet in Concrete’: Structure, Fabrication and Aesthetics in the Work of Pier Luigi Nervi.”  The Structural Engineer, August, 2019.  12-17.

“Insulation with Vision:  Notes Toward a History of Insulated Glazing.”  Association for Preservation Technology Journal.  May, 2019. 

With Saranya Panchaseelan, Shawn Barron, and Paolo Orlando, “Deep Plan, Thin Skin: Environmental Precursors to the Postwar Skyscraper.”  Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, March, 2018.

“Jumbo Architecture.” Histories of Postwar Architecture, 1(1).

“‘Holy Ground in the True Modern Sense:’ Pier Luigi Nervi’s Unbuilt Fermi Memorial at the University of Chicago.” Journal of Illinois History, 18:2.  Summer, 2017. 

“The Monadnock Building Technically Re-Considered” Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats Journal, Winter, 2014.

“Carpenter’s Parametrics:  Economics, Efficiency, and Form in Pier Luigi Nervi’s Concrete Designs.”  J. F. Abel, G. Arun, and M. A. Chiorino, eds.  Special issue of Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures.  54: 2&3.  September, 2013. 

“‘Built Mostly of Itself’: The Chicago Brick Industry and the Skyscraper in the Late 19^th Century.”  Construction History.  25.  2010.

“Henry Ives Cobb and the Chicago ‘Postoffice Botch.’” The Journal of Illinois History.  13:4.  Winter, 2010.

“’It May be Well to Amend Mr. Sullivan’s Statement:’ Dankmar Adler’s Response to “The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered.”  The Journal of Architectural Education, 64:1.  Oct., 2010.

“Built Like Bridges:  Iron, Steel, and the Importance of Riveted Steel to the Nineteenth Century Skyscraper.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians.  69:2. June, 2010.

“‘As Large as the Situation of the Columns Will Allow’:  Building Cladding and Plate Glass in the Chicago Skyscraper, 1885-1905.” Technology and Culture, Vol. 49, no. 2.  April, 2008.

“Just What is it that Makes Capsule Homes so Different, So Appealing?  Domesticity and the Technological Sublime, 1945-1975.” Space and Culture, Vol. 9, no. 2.; May, 2006.

“From Jetport to Worldport:  The Pan Am Terminal at Idlewild/Kennedy and the Transition from Jet Age to Space Age.” Design Issues, Volume 21, no. 1.; Winter, 2005.

“Glass and Light: The Role of Interior Illumination in the Chicago School.” The Journal of Architectural Education, Volume 58, no. 1; September, 2004.

“Form as Diagram of Forces:  The Equiangular Spiral in the Work of Pier Luigi Nervi.” The Journal of Architectural Education, Volume 57, no. 2; November, 2003.

“Things in Their Best Order:  Technical Aspects of the Salk Institute and Their Role in its Design.” The Journal of Architecture, (RIBA/Routledge) vol. 8.  95-113; Spring, 2003.