Join Chicago's premiere brick expert\, Wil l Quam\, to discover how humble bricks reveal Chicago's fascinating\, hidd en history and explore the evolution of building fashions over time. Signu p required.
\nWhen Chicago burned down in 1871\, it was rebuilt as a city of brick\, mostly using bricks made from the clay right underneath t he young city's feet. But as much as we may think of a brick as a simple r ectangle that holds our buildings up\, it is actually so much more--it is an object of design\, each brick a brushstroke in the canvas of a building . Journey across Chicago and architecture history and learn how fashion in brick changes just as much as fashion in clothing\, from monolithic templ es covered in solid red bricks to English cottages bedecked with bark-text ured multicolored bricks\, to sleek towers clad in rich\, iron-flecked bri cks and more.
\nWill Quam
\nWill Quam is an architecture photo grapher and historian. He has been described as &ldquo\;Chicago&rsquo\;s p remiere brick expert&rdquo\; by Geoffrey Baer of PBS Chicago. Through his project Brick of Chicago he has led more than 10\,000 Chicagoans and touri sts on brick walking tours of the city and his tours have been described a s some of Chicago&rsquo\;s best by Curbed and the Chicago Reader. Will&rsq uo\;s work has been featured in such outlets as the Chicago Tribune\, Bloo mberg CityLab\, Block Club Chicago\, Preservation Magazine\, WGN\, and mor e. His book Fire and Clay: How Brick Reveals the Hidden History of Chicago was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2026.
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