Max Chavez
@maxchavez.bsky.social
📍Chicago
Preservationist and architectural historian 🏳️🌈
Preservationist and architectural historian 🏳️🌈
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Some new photos by @gardnergareth.bsky.social of the ceramic subway mural of mine that was just completed in Birmingham
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Some new photos by @gardnergareth.bsky.social of the ceramic subway mural of mine that was just completed in Birmingham
Got to play with a pug at my barbershop, so it’s been a really good day
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Got to play with a pug at my barbershop, so it’s been a really good day
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I feel like I just found a gold nugget! During my daily streetview ambling I just now discovered a 1925 apartment building designed by RM Schindler that was thought to have been demolished for the 101 freeway. But it wasn’t! It was *moved.* (first screenshot is from US Modernist)
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I feel like I just found a gold nugget! During my daily streetview ambling I just now discovered a 1925 apartment building designed by RM Schindler that was thought to have been demolished for the 101 freeway. But it wasn’t! It was *moved.* (first screenshot is from US Modernist)
First full draft of my book is submitted and in the can — only one way to celebrate.
November 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
First full draft of my book is submitted and in the can — only one way to celebrate.
Ah yes straddling a bike lane separator is exactly where I’d park a giant truck
October 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Ah yes straddling a bike lane separator is exactly where I’d park a giant truck
One more flight, my seventh in a month and a half, and then it’s home for the foreseeable future to finish writing this book 🥸
October 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
One more flight, my seventh in a month and a half, and then it’s home for the foreseeable future to finish writing this book 🥸
Yesterday’s travel day back home:
October 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Yesterday’s travel day back home:
🚨ROCHE DINKELOO ALERT 🚨
September 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🚨ROCHE DINKELOO ALERT 🚨
All Souls Church (1823) by John Nash
September 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
All Souls Church (1823) by John Nash
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4901 Searle Parkway, Skokie IL.
1941, Herbert Banse
1941, Herbert Banse
September 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
4901 Searle Parkway, Skokie IL.
1941, Herbert Banse
1941, Herbert Banse
66 Frognal (1938), designed by Colin Lucas
September 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
66 Frognal (1938), designed by Colin Lucas
Hopkins House (1976) by Michael and Patty Hopkins (thanks for taking me here @anfurman.bsky.social!)
September 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Hopkins House (1976) by Michael and Patty Hopkins (thanks for taking me here @anfurman.bsky.social!)
Broadwalk Court (1934) by Robert Atkinson
September 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Broadwalk Court (1934) by Robert Atkinson
Portcullis House (1992-2001) by Hopkins Architects
September 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Portcullis House (1992-2001) by Hopkins Architects
Eltham Palace (1933) by Seely & Paget. This home was attached to the near-ruins of a 15th century palace where Henry VIII grew up. The home was derided at the time, particularly for its demolition of some of the site’s more dilapidated parts, but it is today a classic of Art Deco residential design.
September 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Eltham Palace (1933) by Seely & Paget. This home was attached to the near-ruins of a 15th century palace where Henry VIII grew up. The home was derided at the time, particularly for its demolition of some of the site’s more dilapidated parts, but it is today a classic of Art Deco residential design.
Barbican Estate (1965-1976) by Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon.
September 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Barbican Estate (1965-1976) by Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon.
I straight up just did not post anything from my two weeks in London and Paris so I guess I have a lot to share now: V&A East Storehouse (2025) by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Incredible.
September 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I straight up just did not post anything from my two weeks in London and Paris so I guess I have a lot to share now: V&A East Storehouse (2025) by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Incredible.
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chicago babes in london @maxchavez.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
chicago babes in london @maxchavez.bsky.social
I went here and everyone, and I mean absolutely everyone, knew you
September 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I went here and everyone, and I mean absolutely everyone, knew you
Splish splash I was walkin’ in Bath
September 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Splish splash I was walkin’ in Bath
Turned 35 in London 🎂🎈
August 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Turned 35 in London 🎂🎈
London posting for the next two weeks. First up, a favorite from my grad school years: Nicholas Hawksmoor’s deliriously proportioned Christ Church, Spitalfields (1714-1729).
August 29, 2025 at 6:27 AM
London posting for the next two weeks. First up, a favorite from my grad school years: Nicholas Hawksmoor’s deliriously proportioned Christ Church, Spitalfields (1714-1729).
Wilbur Wright Community College (1992) by Bertrand Goldberg. A set of three square buildings and a towering pyramid connected by a central hallway hub and pipes.
August 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wilbur Wright Community College (1992) by Bertrand Goldberg. A set of three square buildings and a towering pyramid connected by a central hallway hub and pipes.