Félix Candela from Mexico City to Chicago

Alexander Eisenschmidt is a scholar, architect, and Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Architecture, where he teaches courses in history and theory as well as design studios. He holds a Diploma in Architecture and Urban Design from the University of Leipzig, an M.Arch. from Pratt Institute, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining UIC, Eisenschmidt taught at Syracuse University and Pratt Institute in New York, and held a visiting position at the University of Pennsylvania. His work has been published extensively, ranging in venues from the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians to Grey Room and The Architect's Newspaper New York. He is the author of The Good Metropolis (Birkhäuser, 2019), editor of City Catalyst (Architectural Design, 2012), lead-editor of Chicagoisms (Park Books, 2013), and from 2012 to 2013 was the reviews editor of the Journal of Architectural Education. Eisenschmidt has exhibited and curated internationally in venues such as the 13th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy (2012), the Bi-City Biennale on Urbanism in Shenzhen, China (2015), the 4th Architecture Triennale in Lisbon, Portugal (2016), and the Seoul Biennale on Architecture (2019).