Stewart Hicks

Stewart Hicks

Takes on Buildings and Cities. I'm based in Chicago and make videos that explore and explain the built environment. Stewart ...

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How Severance Uses Architecture as Mind Control

Stewart Hicks

How Severance Uses Architecture as Mind Control

2 weeks ago - 14:50

Toilets Need to Change

Stewart Hicks

Toilets Need to Change

2 years ago - 13:22

The Origin and Aftermath of 'Less is More'

Stewart Hicks

The Origin and Aftermath of 'Less is More'

1 year ago - 15:32

Why Every New Building Looks the Same

Stewart Hicks

Why Every New Building Looks the Same

1 month ago - 19:38

How Frank Lloyd Wright Reshaped America

Stewart Hicks

How Frank Lloyd Wright Reshaped America

11 months ago - 15:08

Why Can’t American Cities Build 3-Flats Anymore?

Stewart Hicks

Why Can’t American Cities Build 3-Flats Anymore?

2 months ago - 15:28

The Absurd Superficiality of Suburban Homes

Stewart Hicks

The Absurd Superficiality of Suburban Homes

7 months ago - 13:27

The Strange Return of Art Deco in America

Stewart Hicks

The Strange Return of Art Deco in America

1 year ago - 14:07

How This Window Transformed Chicago

Stewart Hicks

How This Window Transformed Chicago

2 years ago - 12:49

Why Everyone Wants to Live in These Corn Cobs

Stewart Hicks

Why Everyone Wants to Live in These Corn Cobs

2 years ago - 13:19

How Reality TV Houses Are Built to Break People

Stewart Hicks

How Reality TV Houses Are Built to Break People

5 months ago - 17:22

How Brutalist Buildings Trick You With Concrete

Stewart Hicks

How Brutalist Buildings Trick You With Concrete

1 year ago - 11:26

Why Alleys Are the Most Important Spaces in a City

Stewart Hicks

Why Alleys Are the Most Important Spaces in a City

2 years ago - 13:17

How Midcentury Architects Solved the Scale Problem

Stewart Hicks

How Midcentury Architects Solved the Scale Problem

1 year ago - 15:39

Why Architecture Today Lacks Character

Stewart Hicks

Why Architecture Today Lacks Character

4 years ago - 12:45

The Controversy Over Accessory Dwelling Units

Stewart Hicks

The Controversy Over Accessory Dwelling Units

2 years ago - 14:08

Why Linear Cities Don't Work (5 Reasons)

Stewart Hicks

Why Linear Cities Don't Work (5 Reasons)

2 years ago - 12:51

House Sizes Are Getting Absurd

Stewart Hicks

House Sizes Are Getting Absurd

2 years ago - 13:04

Inside the Station Nightclub Tragedy

Stewart Hicks

Inside the Station Nightclub Tragedy

4 months ago - 13:27

Why Chicago's Skyline is Insanely Well Designed

Stewart Hicks

Why Chicago's Skyline is Insanely Well Designed

2 years ago - 13:15

Why 3D Printing Buildings Leads to Problems

Stewart Hicks

Why 3D Printing Buildings Leads to Problems

9 months ago - 15:44

Why the Las Vegas Sphere is a Sphere

Stewart Hicks

Why the Las Vegas Sphere is a Sphere

1 year ago - 14:38

The Porch That Changed Every U.S. Election Since

Stewart Hicks

The Porch That Changed Every U.S. Election Since

3 months ago - 14:36

4 Kinds of Fake Cities (they're all creepy)

Stewart Hicks

4 Kinds of Fake Cities (they're all creepy)

1 year ago - 16:13

Forgotten Innovations of a "Perfect Town"

Stewart Hicks

Forgotten Innovations of a "Perfect Town"

8 months ago - 12:17

The Existential Dread of False Ceilings

Stewart Hicks

The Existential Dread of False Ceilings

8 months ago - 15:38

Why Stacked Blocks Make Great Homes

Stewart Hicks

Why Stacked Blocks Make Great Homes

1 year ago - 13:29

Why Do Architects Insist on Using Flat Roofs?

Stewart Hicks

Why Do Architects Insist on Using Flat Roofs?

3 years ago - 10:51

The Methodical Plan to Replace Chicago

Stewart Hicks

The Methodical Plan to Replace Chicago

10 months ago - 14:47

Why Everything from 1983 Looks Awful

Stewart Hicks

Why Everything from 1983 Looks Awful

1 year ago - 14:44

Why Skyscrapers Have Bridges (and will need more)

Stewart Hicks

Why Skyscrapers Have Bridges (and will need more)

1 year ago - 17:02

How Upside-Down Models Revolutionized Architecture

Stewart Hicks

How Upside-Down Models Revolutionized Architecture

6 months ago - 14:45

Why Skyscrapers Are Losing Their Tops

Stewart Hicks

Why Skyscrapers Are Losing Their Tops

2 years ago - 13:57

The Invention that Accidentally Made McMansions

Stewart Hicks

The Invention that Accidentally Made McMansions

3 months ago - 14:14

The Weird Flaw Plaguing Skyscraper Windows

Stewart Hicks

The Weird Flaw Plaguing Skyscraper Windows

11 months ago - 14:59

The Latest Linear City Designs (Neom The Line)

Stewart Hicks

The Latest Linear City Designs (Neom The Line)

1 year ago - 14:55

The Architecture of Liminal Space

Stewart Hicks

The Architecture of Liminal Space

4 years ago - 12:01

All Good Architecture Leaks [5 Point Guide]

Stewart Hicks

All Good Architecture Leaks [5 Point Guide]

3 years ago - 9:46

Chicago’s NASCAR Race is a Marvel of Physics

Stewart Hicks

Chicago’s NASCAR Race is a Marvel of Physics

8 months ago - 12:38