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Quinn Chapel AME Church in Chicago's South Loop is slated to receive a grant from the National Fund for Sacred Places to help it with building improvements.

One of Chicago’s historic churches in line for infusion of restoration cash

May 23, 2019 at 4:01 a.m.

Chicago's trove of historic churches is a thing of wonder, but the bills for maintaining these aged landmarks are high and an exodus of worshippers has turned many into white...

First look at designs for Lucas Museum in California, months after Chicago lakefront plan collapsed

May 22, 2019 at 10:39 p.m.

Four months after abandoning his controversial bid to build a museum on Chicago's lakefront, "Star Wars" creator George Lucas late Wednesday released sleekly futuristic designs for sites in the two...

Players warm up at Progressive Field before Game 1 of the World Series in Cleveland, Ohio on Oct. 25, 2016.

Chicago and Cleveland: Architectural cousins now in a baseball brawl

May 23, 2019 at 4:17 a.m.

The Great Lakes, industrial-age grit, big plans by Daniel Burnham — Chicago and Cleveland have a lot in common. If the two cities were people, they would be cousins, a...

Chicago Riverwalk construction is shown Sept. 6, 2016, looking west along the last stretch of the work near Lake Street.

Riverwalk final stretches almost done, and show great promise

May 23, 2019 at 4:01 a.m.

Years of writing about public spaces have taught me a sometimes-painful lesson: The best time to review them is after they've opened when you can see how they work (or...

The exterior of the new Chicago Public Library Chinatown Branch as seen on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to put Chicago Public Library branches in eye-catching works of architecture that will also house tenants of the Chicago Housing Authority.

Mayor wants to build architectural library gems in CHA housing

May 23, 2019 at 4:17 a.m.

A concept called "co-location" puts libraries in everything from community centers to high schools as a way to lower building costs and increase the number of library patrons. Mayor Rahm...

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

IIT prize goes to Connecticut project

December 17, 2018 at 5:31 p.m.

Grace Farms, a sinuous design that melds into its hilly Connecticut landscape, is the winner of the Illinois Institute of Technology's Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, which recognizes a distinguished...

Preservation group seeks to assure future for House of Tomorrow

May 23, 2019 at 4:01 a.m.

One of the wonders of Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair was the House of Tomorrow, a 12-sided, three-story peek into the future. It had huge plate-glass windows, one of General Electric's...

A view of Dodger Stadium on Oct. 17, 2016 before Game 3 of the National League Championship Series in Los Angeles.

Dodger Stadium, Wrigley Field a study in contrasts

May 15, 2019 at 11:43 p.m.

It's a dream matchup, this Dodgers and Cubs series, and not just because of the nerve-wracking action on the field. Dodger Stadium, where the series moves Tuesday night, and Wrigley...

Elmhurst exhibit on female architectural pioneer highlights out-of-box ideas

May 23, 2019 at 4:16 a.m.

Marion Mahony Griffin could draw like a dream, her crisp lines brilliantly portraying Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie-style houses in idealized natural settings. A forward-thinking rebel, she was the first woman...

Chicago Riverwalk gets major honor at Chicago architects awards

May 22, 2019 at 10:36 p.m.

The Chicago Riverwalk, which transformed dormant industrial-era docks into a thriving post-industrial public space, won a major honor Friday when the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects presented...

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