Blair Kamin – Page 17

A gondolier rows as tourists take a selfie picture on the Canal Grande with the Rialto bridge in the background, on June 9, 2019 in Venice.

Column: Letter from Venice: A precarious paradise, engaged in a longtime dialogue with Chicago

July 8, 2019 at 8:36 a.m.

Venice is heaven, but this July it is hellishly hot. You tour, you sweat, you shower. But who's complaining? The city's treasures — picturesque campaniles and palazzos, charming gondolas plying...

Column: Wright or wrong? A planned visitor center next to Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio raises thorny issues

June 28, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

Oak Park, home to the world's biggest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, is facing a small but momentous decision: Should it allow a house in a historic district to...

Column: These fields of dreams aren’t in Iowa cornfields

June 21, 2019 at 7:17 p.m.

The photograph of Wrigley Field on the cover of critic Paul Goldberger's insightful new book on ballpark architecture is evocative but outdated. In the image, the bullpen along the right-field...

A new visitor center is planned for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park Home and Studio

June 30, 2019 at 11:05 p.m.

Thousands of visitors flock to Oak Park to see where architect Frank Lloyd Wright developed his renowned Prairie style, but there's not a proper gateway to greet them. That may...

Northwestern's new Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center is seen JUne 11, 2019, in Chicago. The 13-story building at 303 E. Superior St. is the first phase of a planned taller tower.

Is Northwestern’s new medical research building a world-class structure? The building, and the answer, are incomplete.

June 13, 2019 at 10:31 a.m.

Even by the blood sport standards of Chicago, the battle waged over the future of old Prentice Women's Hospital was unusually bitter. Top architects, including Pritzker Prize winner Frank Gehry,...

The sky and clouds are reflected on the facade of 727 West Madison on June 10, 2019.

A new oval apartment tower breaks out of the box and brightens downtown’s western edge

June 12, 2019 at 6:55 a.m.

In Chicago, city of broad shoulders and relentless right angles, skyscrapers with oval floor plans are a rare breed. Something about the oval seems alien to Midwestern pragmatism. So we...

A CTA train passes near the Self Park garage at 60 E. Lake St. Designed by Stanley Tigerman, the facade of the building resembles a Rolls-Royce grille, with awnings printed to look like tire treads.

The Rolls-Royce of parking garages and other buildings of the recent past need protection

June 9, 2019 at 5:05 p.m.

Don't go looking for the Arby's at 115 E. Chicago Ave. that Stanley Tigerman designed in the 1970s in a high-tech style reminiscent of Pompidou Centre in Paris. The little...

Architect Stanley Tigerman is seen Oct. 10, 2007, in the chapel at the Pacific Gardens Mission in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood. The building was one of his last major projects.

Iconoclastic Chicago architect Stanley Tigerman, who shaped the city with his buildings and ideas, dies at 88

June 5, 2019 at 11:34 a.m.

Stanley Tigerman, the most influential Chicago architect of his generation and the ringleader of a group of rebels who opened the way for a more inclusive view of Chicago architecture...

The site of The 78, Related Midwest's planned development along the South Branch of the Chicago River south of Roosevelt Road, already has infrastructure plans that would support a casino.

A tough bet for Lightfoot: Where to put Chicago’s casino? Possibilities range from former Reese hospital to public housing sites

June 5, 2019 at 8:45 a.m.

A Chicago casino gives Mayor Lori Lightfoot her first chance to shepherd a major construction and economic development project from start to finish, but she faces a tough choice: Make...

A walk way leading up to the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette is pictured in this file photo.

‘The Power of Preservation’: Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin on why historic preservation matters in Wilmette

June 3, 2019 at 2:47 p.m.

The Wilmette Historic Preservation Commission on May 30 presented its annual historic preservation awards to winners in five categories: stewardship, rehabilitation, landscape conservation, sympathetic addition, and preservation partner. baiduhai...

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