Matt Hickman is Senior News/Digital Editor at Architectural Record. Previously, he served as Senior Editor at The Architect’s Newspaper and has over a decade of experience as a freelance writer and editor specializing in historic preservation, public space, and the intersection of the natural world and built environment. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Matt holds an MFA in creative nonfiction writing from The New School.
Curated by Floating Museum, ‘This is a Rehearsal’ spans four anchor sites, including the biennial’s longtime home at the Chicago Cultural Center, and a number of partner sites spread across the city.
The 2023 Design Vanguard firm joins artist Katie Paterson to create a beguiling assemblage of 400 glass columns meandering through an olive grove at Apple’s Silicon Valley campus.
As an alternative to a large apartment block, local firm Stance Architecture revives a dilapidated 1930s house, now joined by nine modern counterparts on the same compact lot.