At the very end of last year, the American Institute of Architects awarded Chicago-based architect Stanley Tigerman the Topaz Medallion,which “honors an individual who has made outstanding contributions toarchitecture education for at least 10 years.” Technically, Tigermanpractices with his wife, Margaret McCurry, as Tigerman McCurry Architects , and directs, along with Eva Maddox, his hometown’s Archeworks school, which provides a one-year post-professional education groundedin social causes. Some of his well-known projects include a playfullywonky {some might dare call it postmodernist} Children’s AdvocacyCenter, and the Pacific Garden Mission, a center for Chicago’shomeless. Practically, Tigerman thinks, disregards, considers, blames,hopes, and criticizes. He is judgmental, thoughtful, optimistic, andpolitically incorrect. No one is immune: his peers, his friends, hisprofessors, his interviewer. Eva Hagberg takes a walk on hiseducational wild side.
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