Ben Weese

Benjamin Horace Weese (September 20, 1929 – April 29, 2024) was an American architect. He worked in Chicago. Weese was a member of the architects group, the Chicago Seven. Weese was the younger brother of Chicago architect Harry Weese.

His works were urban renewal and subsidized housing projects. In the late 1970s, he was a member of the Chicago Seven, a group which criticized modernism-style architecture and the works of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe."Biography of Ben Weese" - Art Institute of Chicago

In 1977, Weese opened his own firm, Weese Seegers Hickey Weese. This turned out to be an award-winning firm, later becoming Weese Langley Weese, and was best known for non-profit and educational projects with an emphasis on historical appreciation and preservation.

Weese died on April 29, 2024 from problems caused by Alzheimer's disease in Chicago at the age of 94.

References

Other websites
 Oral history interview with Ben Weese -Oral history of Benjamin Horace Weese / interviewed by Annemarie van Roessel, compiled under the auspices of the Chicago Architects Oral History Project, the Ernest R. Graham Study Center for Architectural Drawings, Department of Architecture, the Art Institute of Chicago.

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