📍Chicago Preservationist and architectural historian 🏳️‍🌈 ART DECO WORLD available for pre-order: https://linktr.ee/maxechavezhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mtmp55xrb22iMy new book Art Deco World was featured today in Elle Decor. Ranking this as one of the coolest/wildest moments of my life 🤯 https://www.elledecor.com/life-culture/a73496759/10-rare-unknown-art-deco-landmarks/21 Aug 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmp55xrb22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mtmp55xrb22iMy new book Art Deco World was featured today in Elle Decor. Ranking this as one of the coolest/wildest moments of my life 🤯 https://www.elledecor.com/life-culture/a73496759/10-rare-unknown-art-deco-landmarks/21 Aug 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmp55xrb22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mtjgxtgtuk2uART DECO WORLD is almost here! Here’s a sneak preview of the inside—have you pre-ordered your copy yet?20 Aug 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjgxtgtuk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mtjgxtgtuk2uART DECO WORLD is almost here! Here’s a sneak preview of the inside—have you pre-ordered your copy yet?20 Aug 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjgxtgtuk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mtdakrs54k2iNew glasses haul 😎🤓18 Aug 2026 03:10 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdakrs54k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mtco43777k2hIt really is so good. Everyone go see it! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtco43777k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3msvh3dsgss2gJoin me at the Chicago Architecture Center for the launch of my new book, Art Deco World! https://www.architecture.org/events-programs/book-launch-art-deco-world12 Aug 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvh3dsgss2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3ms6qodxlp222The 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6qodxlp222https://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mr43x5lmbs2fCheck out the link below to see an interior preview of my new book and be sure to pre-order at the link in my bio! https://www.ribabooks.com/Art-Deco-World-The-International-Legacy-of-the-Architecture-and-Design-Movement_9781915722904 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr43x5lmbs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mpw6c42y7k23I guess this is a cooking account now [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jul 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpw6c42y7k23https://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mpuc42e6dk2hWeather 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 🫃🏽05 Jul 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpuc42e6dk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3moysahzsms2dThe summer of cooking continues: tonight, roasted pork belly with a pretty spectacular nam jim jaew, if I do say so myself.24 Jun 2026 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3moysahzsms2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mop434ty222a🎧🎧 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jun 2026 05:16 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mop434ty222ahttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mods3k3g4s22So 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: https://www.routledge.com/Art-Deco-World-The-International-Legacy-of-the-Architecture-and-Design-Movement/Max/p/book/978191572290415 Jun 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mods3k3g4s22https://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mods3k3g4s22So 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: https://www.routledge.com/Art-Deco-World-The-International-Legacy-of-the-Architecture-and-Design-Movement/Max/p/book/978191572290415 Jun 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mods3k3g4s22https://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mnigvs6xfc2aI’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. https://www.architecture.org/events-programs/design-news-roundtable-midyear-review?fbclid=PAdGRleASOuxZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAae1reS09I_4LHyUkTt5smwLi2UCEfFhsounVO3jSp2J_daQdisuKH86iOwE8Q_aem_iD49giq7G9BJ2VfoM3uuNg04 Jun 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnigvs6xfc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mnigvs6xfc2aI’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. https://www.architecture.org/events-programs/design-news-roundtable-midyear-review?fbclid=PAdGRleASOuxZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAae1reS09I_4LHyUkTt5smwLi2UCEfFhsounVO3jSp2J_daQdisuKH86iOwE8Q_aem_iD49giq7G9BJ2VfoM3uuNg04 Jun 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnigvs6xfc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mmxhgowng22qI can’t think of a single piece of media that has made me sob harder than that Hacks finale. A perfect show.29 May 2026 02:10 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmxhgowng22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mmrn3v2vpc2uThe Marianne Theater (1942) in Bellevue, Kentucky, by architect Paul B. Kiel.26 May 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrn3v2vpc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mmrefpcyzs25Went 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.26 May 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrefpcyzs25https://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mm3pw43igs2xBiblioteca Palafoxiana (1773) in Puebla, the first public library in the Americas.18 May 2026 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3pw43igs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mm3npmx7m22xThe spectacular buildings of Puebla’s historic city center, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.18 May 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3npmx7m22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mm3nao75g22xChapel of the Rosary (c. 1650-1690) in Puebla, Mexico, located inside Templo de Santo Domingo.18 May 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3nao75g22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mlrtbthjfs27Torre Reforma (2016) by LBR&A.14 May 2026 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrtbthjfs27https://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mlrsstgufc27The 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.14 May 2026 02:52 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrsstgufc27https://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mlrs5x5p7227El Frontón (1929) by Teodoro Kunhardt and Joaquín Capilla.14 May 2026 02:41 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrs5x5p7227https://bsky.app/profile/maxchavez.bsky.social/post/3mlrrvotmyk27Still posting through Mexico City stuff, like this Brutalist building that’s the office of local newspaper El Universal.14 May 2026 02:36 +0000at://did:plc:ainedllciysqckjmgivsim4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrrvotmyk27