Albrecht, respect for your committment: you get up quite early to work on your topic. I myself are not able to follow one logical thought at that time of the day, hence my replys to your blogs come always late at night (when I'm at my best!)

I understand that you are fascinated by Chicago's architecture. That is exactly the reason why I wrote my MA thesis on skyscrapers in Chicago. But pls keep in mind that we are focussing on the 1933-34 expo in that city and that ran completely counter to architectural intentions in that city! Yes, the 1893 expo was influenced by the Chicago school (of architecture) and in turn influenced the architecture of that city in its "city beautiful" movement. But the second fair did not! If you REALLY want to do a comparative study of the two fairs with regard to Chicago architecture, I'll try my best to assist you in research. However, I think you would then move too far away from our seminar topic and would most certainly not be able to work satisfactorily in your group. What shall we do?

You can focus on modern architecture, but functionalism is most clearly NOT present at the Chicago Expo of 1933. Art Deco is in the Expo, but how are you going to relate that to beaux-art-school type of design? Give me a hint and I'll try my best at guiding you!