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Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, 90, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, poses at his residence in Ahmedabad on March 8, 2018. Doshi vowed March 8 to use his award, considered architecture's Nobel equivalent, to escalate his campaign for proper housing for the poor as the country battles a massive shortage of homes.

Column: A renowned Indian architect gets a Chicago showcase as Lincoln Park gallery celebrates Doshi’s humanistic designs

September 18, 2020 at 2:41 p.m.

When Balkrishna Doshi became the first architect from India to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2018, the long-overdue recognition was not just for Doshi or his country, but for...

The Gun Violence Memorial Project was part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial at the Chicago Cultural Center in 2019.

Chicago’s architectural biennial keeps the city at the forefront of design. But will it be held in 2021?

September 16, 2020 at 11:57 a.m.

Will there be a Chicago Architecture Biennial next year at this time? Even if you've never attended the biennial, which bills itself as North America's largest survey of contemporary architecture,...

Pedestrians cross the Adams Street bridge near Union Station during the afternoon commute period Sept. 10, 2020.

Column: Downtown Chicago is down, but don’t count it out

September 14, 2020 at 5:19 p.m.

So dismal were downtown Chicago's economic prospects in 1940, 11 years after the onset of the Great Depression, that a speaker to a building industry group titled his talk: "Should...

A few pedestrians cross the Adams Street bridge near Union Station on Sept. 10, 2020, during what was once afternoon rush hour in Chicago.

Six months into the pandemic, downtown Chicago is a humbled giant. Can it get back on its feet?

September 14, 2020 at 8:17 a.m.

Six months after the COVID-19 pandemic first shook Chicago, the city's once-mighty downtown — with its towering skyscrapers, glamorous shops and glittering public spaces — is a humbled giant, taking...

Airickca Gordon-Taylor, center in purple, and the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., both cousins of Emmett Till, speak outside Roberts Temple Church of God In Christ in Chicago on Aug. 28, 2015. They led a motorcade to Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the death of Emmett Till. Till's funeral took place at Roberts Temple in September 1955.

Column: A plaque on Emmett Till’s house is just a first step. Chicago can do a better job of preserving Black history sites. Even city’s top planner says so.

September 4, 2020 at 9:50 a.m.

The slipshod manner with which Chicago often treats its African American landmarks was visible for all to see Thursday when the real estate developer who bought Emmett Till's house let...

Portrait of Lynn Osmond, president and CEO of the Chicago Architecture Center.

Column: Lynn Osmond steers the Chicago Architecture Center through turbulent waters

September 4, 2020 at 12:50 p.m.

No need to hit a jazz club or Second City if you're hungry for some improv. Thanks to COVID-19, there is plenty of improvisation going on at the Chicago Architecture...

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks unanimously approved a staff recommendation that the red brick two-flat at 6427 S. St. Lawrence Ave. where Emmett Till once lived be granted preliminary landmark status.

Column: Emmett Till house takes first step toward landmark status as questions are raised about its future

September 4, 2020 at 8:39 a.m.

The Chicago house of Emmett Till, whose brutal murder in Mississippi helped spark the civil rights movement, took the first step Thursday toward becoming an official city landmark as questions...

The new Bank of America Tower along the Chicago River on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020.

Architecture in Chicago for fall 2020: A vital season awaits, despite the pandemic. Our 12 picks not to miss.

September 8, 2020 at 11:50 a.m.

Despite the dark shadow cast by COVID-19, the fall architecture season in Chicago promises a luminous array of exhibitions, books and buildings. It will culminate the construction boom that took...

Column: Emmett Till house poised to take first step toward official landmark status

September 2, 2020 at 11:40 a.m.

The Chicago house of Emmett Till, whose brutal murder in Mississippi helped spark the civil rights movement, is expected to take the first step toward official city landmark status Thursday....

Column: Emmett Till house poised to take first step toward official landmark status

September 1, 2020 at 1:47 p.m.

The Chicago house of Emmett Till, whose brutal murder in Mississippi helped spark the civil rights movement, is expected to take the first step toward official city landmark status Thursday....

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