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The Vanna Venturi House, designed by architect Robert Venturi for his mother, is in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia.

Architect Robert Venturi, who led revolt against modernism and had major impact on Chicago, dies at 93

May 11, 2019 at 6:26 a.m.

The phrase “less is more” is inextricably linked to the great Chicago modern architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. To which the highly influential Philadelphia architect Robert Venturi once replied:...

A 51st-floor condominium at Lake Point Tower, seen Sept. 14, 2018, offers views of the lake and downtown Chicago.

50 years later, Lake Point Tower is a singular achievement — and let’s hope it stays that way

May 11, 2019 at 6:26 a.m.

It’s Chicago’s only high-rise east of Lake Shore Drive — dark, suavely curving, subtly reflective, a world unto itself whose impact extends far out into the world. As Lake Point...

Chicago Spire architect is one of 12 vying for O’Hare expansion

May 11, 2019 at 6:26 a.m.

The architect of the unbuilt Chicago Spire is among the designers vying for the massive O’Hare International Airport expansion project. The Zurich-based firm of Santiago Calatrava, whose projects include an...

New Union Station plans: On a better track, but not there yet

May 11, 2019 at 6:26 a.m.

The new plan for Union Station is better than the old one, but let’s face it: What wouldn’t be? Unveiled Tuesday night, version 2.0 shears off the offensive apartment building...

Lake Point Tower, framed by the "W" in front of the W Hotel Chicago Lakeshore, is seen in 2016. The tower is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and is participating in Open House Chicago, which will be held Oct. 13 and 14, 2018.

Open House Chicago’s schedule is out. Here are 10 must-see buildings

May 11, 2019 at 6:26 a.m.

It’s time to make plans for this year’s Open House Chicago, which will showcase interiors ranging from a grand banking hall to a former firehouse that’s now the home of...

Kishan Reddy, center, greets his sister Lakshmi Narayana Reddy, who arrived from India with her husband, Vaishnavi Dodla, left, on Jan. 30, 2017, at O'Hare International Airport's Terminal 5 in Chicago.

Union Station has been saved from a blockheaded plan to alter it; not so O’Hare’s International Terminal

May 11, 2019 at 6:26 a.m.

At the very time Chicago’s Union Station has escaped a boneheaded plan to plunk an ungainly apartment high-rise on its roof, another of the city’s most prominent transportation buildings faces...

Pedestrians walk along the Chicago Riverwalk on a sunny morning, July 11, 2018, in Chicago. Completing the riverwalk was one of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's notable public works projects, though it was begun under his predecessor.

Rahm Emanuel thought and built big, but progress was painfully uneven

May 11, 2019 at 6:26 a.m.

When former Mayor Richard M. Daley stunned Chicago in 2010 with the announcement that he wouldn’t seek re-election after 21 years in office, this question was widely heard: Will Chicago...

Terminal 2, top, is seen at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on March 2, 2018. Airport expansion plans call for the terminal to be demolished and replaced with a global terminal and concourse.

Top architects lining up for huge O’Hare expansion job

May 11, 2019 at 6:26 a.m.

Top Chicago architects are lining up to compete for the massive O’Hare International Airport expansion project, a key priority of Mayor Rahm Emanuel before he leaves office. Jahn; Skidmore, Owings...

Robert Bruegmann, emeritus professor at UIC, and Olivia Mahoney, curator at the Chicago History Museum, with a refreshment cart (circa 1935) designed by Wolfgang Hoffmann at the Chicago Cultural Center. "Modern by Design: Chicago Streamlines America" opens Oct. 27 at the museum.

Watch out, New York: A curator and a professor champion Chicago’s role in Art Deco, streamlined style of 1930s

May 11, 2019 at 6:25 a.m.

What do a Sunbeam toaster, a microphone used by Billie Holiday and the Chicago World’s Fair of 1933-34 have in common? They were designed in the exuberant streamlined style of...

Much-derided Union Station plan shelved, but what comes next?

May 11, 2019 at 6:26 a.m.

Hooray! The much-derided plan to plunk a modernist apartment building on the roof of Chicago’s classically inspired Union Station apparently has been shelved. But don’t get too excited. It’s unclear...

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