Stewart Hicks

Takes on Buildings and Cities. I'm based in Chicago and make videos that explore and explain the built environment. 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. Evan Montgomery. Thank you!

Essentials

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11:26

How Brutalist Buildings Trick You With Concrete

252K views

15:15

How Polling Places Can Sway Elections

68.3K views

14:42

Dystopias: Real Ones vs. the Movies

175K views

19:38

Why Everything We Build is Flat

806K views

13:10

Why Buildings Stopped Spinning

510K views

14:14

The Invention that Accidentally Made McMansions

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Latest uploads

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Why Safer Streets Keep Losing to Fire Trucks

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The Problem With Colorful Houses

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AI’s Newest Buildings Are Already Obsolete

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The Gross Reason Suburban Yards Had to Be This Big

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How New York Got Its Fire Escapes

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Why American Homes Feel Like TV Sets

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The Controversy Over Doorless Elevators

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