Blair Kamin

An architectural wonder of Chicago’s 1933-34 World’s Fair may be on its way to a brighter future — if, that is, somebody is willing to spend nearly $3 million to...

The shades were drawn last month when a glittering array of architects presented their plans for the massive O’Hare International Airport expansion in a high-ceilinged downtown lecture hall. Other glass...

“The ubiquitous Chicago bungalow is snug, sensible, ugly and reassuring,” Tribune architecture critic Paul Gapp wrote in 1980. “It suggests that treasured old middle-class value systems still survive.” In the...

Glass-sheathed modern buildings make for spectacular skylines, but they’re also bird killers, especially in Chicago. Each year, thousands of birds die when they smash into large glass windows they can’t...

You’re likely to notice the CTA’s new 95th Street terminal even if you never set foot inside. The ultralong building is an eye-grabber wedged in the middle of the busy...