Chicago architect Helmut Jahn has sent a hand-written note to the Chicago Tribune condemning the selection of a team led by Jeanne Gang to design an extension to O'Hare airport, describing it as "premeditated" and "not justified".
Jahn deplored the decision taken by Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel in the note sent to the newspaper's architecture critic Blair Kamin, who then posted a photo of it on Twitter.
Jahn "embarrassed" by Chicago's decision "I am embarrassed that some of my most respected colleagues have been misused to placate [a] premeditated decision not justified by design or experience," read Jahn's letter, which was written in all capitals using magenta ink.
"Such attitude has not made Chicago a capital of world architecture," it continued. "Hopefully the next mayor will turn this around." Jahn then signed and dated the note.
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