All of a sudden there is a flurry of interest in Harry Weese, who designed the most controversial building in Madison history. Weese, a colorful Chicago architect who designed the George L. Mosse Humanities Building on the UW-Madison campus, and who died in 1998, is the subject of a long profile in the July issue of Chicago magazine.
A new book on Weese and his work, ?The Architecture of Harry Weese,? which includes a photo and text on Humanities, is coming in September. The author, Chicago academic Robert Bruegmann, will speak on changing tastes in architecture at Monona Terrace Oct. 7. His lecture is titled, ?Buildings We Love to Hate.?
The next day in Madison, Bruegmann will speak on campus ? the details are still to be finalized ? more specifically on Weese and the Humanities Building.