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Vistitors take in the view from 360 Chicago on the 94th floor of the John Hancock Center on Aug. 7, 2017.

Aon Center’s planned observation deck, Chicago’s third, could create competition for tourist dollars

December 13, 2018 at 9:42 a.m.

The owners of the Aon Center, Chicago's third-tallest skyscraper, on Monday unveiled plans for an observatory atop the building, potentially setting up a heated competition for tourist dollars with established...

Aon Center makeover treats big banal skyscraper with respect. But about that thrill ride …

May 11, 2019 at 6:24 a.m.

It's commonplace to call Chicago's Aon Center "iconic," but that confuses what is merely big and familiar with what is big and bold. The X-braced former John Hancock Center, now...

AT&T's former campus in Hoffman Estates, above, could be repurposed as a mixed-use residential development — similar to how another telecom campus was repurposed in New Jersey.

Remaking white elephant suburban headquarters: Is a ‘metroburb’ headed to Hoffman Estates?

May 11, 2019 at 6:23 a.m.

There's nothing quite so depressing as a ghost town, but you don't need to head to the Old West to find one. Just drive along the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, from left, chats with architect Santiago Calatrava and Larry Levy, with Levy Family Partners, before the unveiling of a design by Calatrava for a riverfront sculpture at 444 W. Lake St. at the River Point office building in Chicago on May 7, 2018.

Calatrava sculpture: It’s no Flamingo but it might brighten riverfront

May 11, 2019 at 6:24 a.m.

Given Chicago's impressive array of public art, from Alexander Calder's lyrical Flamingo in Federal Center Plaza to Anish Kapoor's bean-shaped, brilliantly reflective Cloud Gate in Millennium Park, it's natural to...

Architect of defunct-Chicago Spire to design riverfront sculpture

May 11, 2019 at 6:24 a.m.

The architect of the unbuilt Chicago Spire, the proposed twisting skyscraper that captivated the city a decade ago before going bust, will get a chance to leave his mark on...

When The Republic newspaper building opened in Columbus, Ind., in 1971, a Goss printing press was visible through the metal and glass exterior, symbolizing the transparency of the free press.

Former newspaper building in Indiana, a modernist icon shaped in Chicago, will house architecture program

May 11, 2019 at 6:23 a.m.

My passion for architecture was kindled in a distinctly Chicago way: fire. In 1970, 99 years after the Great Fire incinerated most of downtown Chicago, a Christmas Eve blaze destroyed...

People enjoy warm weather April 30, 2018, while relaxing in outdoor versions of Barcelona chairs outside 330 N. Wabash Ave. in Chicago's Loop.

More is more: Knockoff Barcelona chairs enliven AMA Plaza

May 11, 2019 at 6:23 a.m.

Now that the weather gods are finally smiling on Chicago, downtown office workers are plopping their hindquarters on comfortable, but not entirely faithful, knockoffs of a chair once meant to...

Erosion can be seen underneath a damaged section of the sidewalk on Northerly Island Park.

Northerly Island walkway still mangled and off-limits: Here’s the story behind this engineering flop

May 11, 2019 at 6:23 a.m.

It is a shock to come upon the collapsed portion of Northerly Island Park's pedestrian and bike path. The 12-foot-wide walkway looks like it was ruptured by an earthquake, its...

Outside the front door of Tribune Tower.

Tribune Tower plans would energize an old landmark, but don’t yet create a new one

May 11, 2019 at 6:23 a.m.

Holy architecture, Batman! Two developers want to build a skyscraper next to Tribune Tower that would be Chicago's second-tallest building and more than three times taller than the neo-Gothic landmark....

Developers plan city’s second-tallest skyscraper next to new Tribune Tower condos

December 14, 2018 at 11:43 a.m.

Developers on Monday unveiled plans for Chicago's second-tallest skyscraper, a tapering shaft of metal and glass that would soar above historic Tribune Tower, resemble the top of Batman's black mask...

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