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However, these tickets for my book launch at the Chicago Architecture Center are almost all gone. Reserve your spot before they’re snatched up!

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 10h

There are still spots available for this if you’re in the Detroit area! I’d love to see you there.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Chicago! Art Deco World is now available for pick up today at the Chicago Architecture Center bookstore!

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

So happy to see people are getting their copies! 🥳

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Art Deco World is officially out! 🍾

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My new book Art Deco World was featured today in Elle Decor. Ranking this as one of the coolest/wildest moments of my life 🤯 www.elledecor.com/life-culture...

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10 Stunning Art Deco Landmarks Around the World You’ve Probably Never Seen

From Pueblo Deco to Streamline Moderne, the style took many surprising forms.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My new book Art Deco World was featured today in Elle Decor. Ranking this as one of the coolest/wildest moments of my life 🤯 www.elledecor.com/life-culture...

elledecor.com

10 Stunning Art Deco Landmarks Around the World You’ve Probably Never Seen

From Pueblo Deco to Streamline Moderne, the style took many surprising forms.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ART DECO WORLD is almost here! Here’s a sneak preview of the inside—have you pre-ordered your copy yet?

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ART DECO WORLD is almost here! Here’s a sneak preview of the inside—have you pre-ordered your copy yet?

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Adam Nathaniel Furman @anfurman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

My new book 'Chromatic Architecture' featured over on BBC Culture online today www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It really is so good. Everyone go see it!

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filipinoel @kuyaknoll.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

thank you @chicagoreader.com for the glowing review of my show. no one on the team expected the response to our little play and i’m just so proud. still processing the whirlwind of this weekend and we already close this Saturday. Chicago bloomfs if you’re able, come check us out 🥰

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The filming locations in this show are so egregious to the point of distraction. I watched this exact scene with a friend who has never even been to DC and he immediately clocked it as incorrect.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I guess this is a cooking account now

A plate of chilaquiles topped with egg, onion, and avocado next a mimosa.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Weather sucked today so I stayed in and made vampiros tacos, esquites, salsa, and rice (pico de gallo and pasta salad not pictured) from scratch instead 🫃🏽

A plate with beef tacos covered in salsa, Mexican rice, and corn.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The summer of cooking continues: tonight, roasted pork belly with a pretty spectacular nam jim jaew, if I do say so myself.

A plate of sliced roast pork belly, a scoop of white rice, and a ramekin of green and red dipping sauce.

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Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Required reading 🫵🏻

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

So excited to announce the release of my book ART DECO WORLD! A global survey of the beloved style’s past 100 years from inception to rebirth (to rebirth again!), it will be released September 1. U.S. and int’l readers can register for a pre-order link here: www.routledge.com/Art-Deco-Wor...

A book cover showing vivid Art Deco theater painted in pink, orange, yellow, and blue. Above the theater in the sky are large yellow letters reading ART DECO WORLD.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I’ll be on the Chicago Architecture Center’s Design News Roundtable on June 30! Buy your ticket today to hear me and my fellow panelists chat about Chicago’s current headlines in architecture, urbanist, and preservation news. www.architecture.org/events-progr...

architecture.org

Design News Roundtable: Mid-Year Review

<p>Join us for the first Design News Roundtable of 2026, the place for freewheeling discussion on our changing city with architects, designers, planners, advocates and local observers.</p>

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

architecture.org

Design News Roundtable: Mid-Year Review

<p>Join us for the first Design News Roundtable of 2026, the place for freewheeling discussion on our changing city with architects, designers, planners, advocates and local observers.</p>

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I can’t think of a single piece of media that has made me sob harder than that Hacks finale. A perfect show.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The Marianne Theater (1942) in Bellevue, Kentucky, by architect Paul B. Kiel.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Went to Cincinnati this weekend for the first time. You know I had to make this my priority: Cincinnati Union Terminal (1933) by Roland A. Wank of Fellheimer & Wagner and Paul Philippe Cret.

An Art Deco train station with a central rounded arch and a clock in the center. In front of the train station are a fountain and gardens.

A massive Art Deco room with an illuminated half dome and arch that create a fluid, swirling effect.

A tall square doorway that reads “incoming taxis and motor coaches.”

A side view of the same large room, this one showing a mural depicting standing figures along the lower portion of the wall.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Biblioteca Palafoxiana (1773) in Puebla, the first public library in the Americas.

An extremely ornate and large Baroque door surround.

A long library room with carved wooden shelves underneath an arched ceiling.

A gilded altar-like wall next to wood shelves filled with books.

The same room looking in the opposite direction towards an open doorway.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The spectacular buildings of Puebla’s historic city center, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.

An elaborate stone building with a dome above the entrance, located on a corner

A two-story commercial building covered in blue and cream tiles.

An old, spooky Second Empire building with Art Nouveau details over the windows.

A church covered in tile and painted red, pink, and green.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Chapel of the Rosary (c. 1650-1690) in Puebla, Mexico, located inside Templo de Santo Domingo.

A chapel with a high ceiling, covered in dense layers of gilded Baroque trim.

An altar inside of a chapel with a high dome, covered in dense layers of gilded Baroque trim.

The ceiling of a chapel covered in dense layers of gilded Baroque trim.

Close-up detail of a chapel covered in dense layers of gilded Baroque trim.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The terrific variety of architecture centered around Fuente de la República, including the first building pictured, Edificio El Moro, formerly the tallest building in the city and one whose Art Deco character has sadly been taken away.

A tall white skyscraper with an Art Deco silhouette.

A tall orange skyscraper with a gridded frame. The building consists of two towers connected by a bridge on its upper floors.

A tall, all glass skyscraper. Cars drive by in front of it.

An earth colored building with open screens. The building consists of interlocked pointed volumes.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

El Frontón (1929) by Teodoro Kunhardt and Joaquín Capilla.

Red Art Deco corner building with a dramatic, swooping entryway and vertically emphasized piers.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Still posting through Mexico City stuff, like this Brutalist building that’s the office of local newspaper El Universal.

A large Brutalist building with a protruding, angled wall extending from its center.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The highlight of this market is arguably the giant “Historia de México” by Isamu Noguchi, his first public commission, located on an empty upper floor of the market between two quiet office spaces.

A large sculptural work along a wall depicting human figures and symbols.

A large sculptural work along a wall depicting human figures and symbols, including part of a swastika.

A large sculptural work along a wall depicting images such as a clenched fist and symbols of industry.

The words “Isamu Noguchi 1936” carved into a wall.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The absolutely incredible Mercado Abelardo Rodríguez (1934) by Antonio Muñoz, filled with mural work by students and contemporaries of Diego Rivera (and overseen by Rivera himself).

A market entrance with the lower halves of mannequins.

A mural of laborers, located behind a fruit stand.

Large murals on wall and ceiling with mannequins in front.

Large mural of Mexican laborers painted on a wall in a staircase.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Turns out when you stop cars and buses from moving for over an hour, the city gets incredibly peaceful.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I’d also like to make it clear the below carnitas are from an adorable counter called Los Tacos Michigan.

A pink-tiled lunch counter with signs reading “Los Tacos Michigan.”

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Break from posting buildings to post some of the best things I ate on my trip: menudo, grilled octopus, piles of tacos, and tuna tostadas.

A hand holding a spoon in a bowl of menudo with toppings and orange juice on the table.

A plate of grilled octopus covered in chives, next to onions and French fries.

A plate of tacos covered in onions and cilantro. Next to it, there are containers of salsas and limes

A plate of blue corn tostadas topped with thick cuts of raw tuna and avocado.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Palacio de Bellas Artes (1904-1934) by Adamo Boari and Federico Mariscal.

A dramatic Art Deco interior with a large dome. The walls are covered in stone and glowing, brassy accents be seen throughout.

A dramatic Art Deco dual staircase. The walls are covered in stone and glowing, brassy accents be seen throughout. Artwork covers the walls.

Geometric, Art Deco renditions of Mayan iconography.

A woman stands atop an Art Deco staircase, framed by glowing fountain sculptures.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Cine Teresa (1942) by Francisco J. Serrano.

A Moderne movie theater with a blade sign and affixed signage that read “TERESA.”

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Some Art Deco cuties in Mexico City.

Art Deco doorway with decorative light fixture, gates, and window bars.

White and green Art Deco building with a sign reading “Casa Dek.”

Blue and white Art Deco home with geometric reliefs.

Blue and red Art Deco home with zigzag reliefs and motifs.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Edificio Basurto (1940-1945) by Francisco J. Serrano

A tall streamlined apartment building with two rounded wings.

A close up of streamlined balconies and window bays.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Okay I just forgot to keep posting my Mexico City shots lol. Torre Latinoamericana (left, 1956) by Augusto H. Álvarez and Edificio La Nacional (right, 1932-1934) by Manuel Ortíz Monasterio.

A tall glass skyscraper with an Art Deco silhouette next to a small high-rise with a temple-like crown with a large open plaza in front.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Edificio San Martín (1931) in Mexico City, by Ernesto Buenrostro.

A stepped Art Deco archway leading to another rounded door. Above, letters read “EDIFICIO SAN MARTIN.”

A stepped Art Deco archway crowned by a canopy overhang with glass blocks. Above, letters read “EDIFICIO SAN MARTIN.”

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

In the middle of my Mexico City vacation and while I have a lot of beautiful buildings to post, arguably nothing has moved me more than these tortas.

Tortas stuffed with milanesa, sausages, and avocado on a metal counter.

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Max Chavez @maxchavez.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Gateway Arch (1965) by Eero Saarinen.

The corner of a stainless steel triangular base.

Looking upwards towards a thinning, vanishing seam along the base of the arch.

Tall metallic arch framed at the upper left by leaves.

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