I'll choose a few of the better ones. The bad news is that he apparently loves precast (not surprising given the publication) and is designing two new rental buildings in Chicago.
http://www.pci.org/pdf/publications/.../AS-12WI-5.pdf
Updating the Past for Today
Craig A. Shutt
...Deciding on the style for each project creates aesthetic and functional
challenges, he notes, but the ultimate
designs are driven by the building’s
need. But make no mistake: he is not
designing “historic” buildings. “All are
very modern designs, with historic
appearances. They have large windows and use modern materials.”
At the Ritz Carlton Residences, for
instance, owners wanted balconies
in each corner. “You don’t do a classical building and put balconies in each
corner, so we chose a concept that
was inspired by an Art Deco style,” he
explains. “But no matter the look, all
of the projects are designed for living.
That is the ultimate purpose and their
need.
....Whatever projects are coming, they
will invoke the richness of the past in a
current vocabulary.
“I have been pretty
disappointed by the design work I see
today that tries to produce modern images,” he says. “Compared to the 1900
to 1930 period,
today’s work is very
confusing. I don’t really know what is
happening with it.
I much prefer to go
back to the older times and move the
designs forward.”
That doesn’t mean the new designs
are old-fashioned, he stresses. “There
is a lot to learn from past designers in
Chicago especially, and there is a lot of
value there. We should not lose that.
We need to take the quality of the experience that is available to us and reinterpret it for the twenty-first century.
I’m not sure that is happening to the
best of its ability right now.”