Art Institute school, U of C to organize U.S. biennale effort
In a coup for Chicago, the State Department has selected the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago to serve as co-commissioners of the U.S....
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First new Loop ‘L’ station in 20 years creates curvy gateway to Millennium Park
Wave hello to the Loop's striking new elevated station. It's going to wave back. The first new Loop elevated stop in 20 years, the $75 million Washington-Wabash Station stands out...
New lane on Lake Shore Drive and parking garage proposed for Obama center
Hoping to ease concerns about plans to close Cornell Drive at the site of the proposed Obama Presidential Library, the Chicago Department of Transportation wants to add a lane to...
New Yale residential colleges: A strong sense of place, dimmed by excess
When Yale built its signature Collegiate Gothic residential colleges between the two world wars, critics derided the buildings as "girder Gothic." That term took aim at the disconnect between the...
Gunnar Birkerts, acclaimed Midwestern architect, dies at 92
Gunnar Birkerts, an acclaimed Detroit-area architect who designed major buildings throughout the Midwest, including the former Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and an addition to the University of Michigan Law...
John Macsai, architect whose work included Lincolnwood’s Purple Hotel, dies at 91
A colorful man best known for a colorful building, Chicago architect John Macsai designed Lincolnwood's Purple Hotel and some of Lake Shore Drive's most eye-catching high-rises. Yet Macsai was equally...
Graphic novel seeks to show CPS students the importance of urban planning
A graphic novel about city planning would seem to be destined to gather dust. If it didn't turn out to be a pedantic yawner of a book, it might be...
Restoration of church, apartment complex reveal value of neighborhood architectural gems
Today's column is about the fall and rise of two neighborhood architectural gems — a Stick Style church where poet Carl Sandburg once worshipped and an Art Moderne apartment complex...
First for Chicago’s skyline: Open floor to cope with wind, keep residents from getting queasy
The engineers for Chicago's future third-tallest skyscraper had issued a warning: Wind tunnel tests showed that the plan for the building, three thin, interconnected high-rises designed by star architect Jeanne...
With push from Yo-Yo Ma, floating concert hall may end up in N.Y.
Two years ago, Chicago had a chance to add a futuristic floating concert hall designed by one of the 20th century's great architects to its renowned collection of iconic structures....