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Grand staircase in the former Chicago Athletic Association will reopen as as a boutique hotel that is part of the Commune Hotels & Resorts chain.

The best of 2015 Chicago architecture, beginning with Biennial

December 17, 2018 at 6:35 p.m.

What a year it was for Chicago architecture! The city opened its first architecture biennial and a wave of public spaces. Architects transformed historic buildings into hotels. Marina City took...

El Centro as it appears from across the Kennedy Expressway on Nov. 19, 2015. The air-handling units are clearly visible from this vantage point.

Doctored photo raises questions about ethics in architecture contests

May 23, 2019 at 3:58 a.m.

Architectural photography is supposed to be different from the airbrushed images of nude women that are about to disappear from the centerfold of Playboy magazine. But what if an edited...

Denise Scott Brown was omitted when the 1991 Pritzker Prize panel gave its prestigious annual award to Robert Venturi, her husband and partner in their Philadelphia-based firm.

Architecture gold medal, rebutting Pritzker, goes to Scott Brown and Venturi

December 17, 2018 at 6:37 p.m.

The American Institute of Architects has named Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi the recipients of its 2016 Gold Medal, an honor that makes a statement about the role of...

Adrian Smith, architect of the Trump Tower, at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture in Chicago on Aug. 31, 2011.

Funding keeps Chicago architect’s skyscraper on track to be world’s tallest

June 16, 2018 at 10:24 a.m.

It's Chicago versus Chicago — or, you might say, Smith versus Smith — in the race to build the world's tallest building. The title holder since 2010 — the 2,717-foot...

Chicago riverfront projects, big and small, have attractive potential

June 16, 2018 at 11:05 a.m.

At first glance, the subjects of this week's two big architecture stories in Chicago are a Gulliver-and-Lilliputian pair. Our Gulliver is the $1 billion Wanda Vista Tower, whose three glass-sheathed...

Chicago Plan Commission approves tower that would be city’s 3rd tallest

June 16, 2018 at 11:20 a.m.

Plans for a $1 billion hotel and condominium tower that would be Chicago's third tallest skyscraper easily won approval Thursday from the Chicago Plan Commission. At 1,186 feet, about 40...

Exclusive look at new Apple store on the Chicago River

June 16, 2018 at 11:22 a.m.

The long-rumored Apple store at the gateway to the North Michigan Avenue shopping district won't be a 2.0 version of the famous glass cube that forms an iconic entry into...

Exclusive look at Apple on the river

June 16, 2018 at 11:15 a.m.

The long-rumored Apple store at the gateway to the North Michigan Avenue shopping district won't be a 2.0 version of the famous glass cube that forms an iconic entry into...

Architect Jeanne Gang’s vision expands from the skyscraper to the police station

December 17, 2018 at 6:41 p.m.

The gritty 10th Police District on the West Side might be the last place you'd expect to command the attention of the ever-more-prominent Chicago architect Jeanne Gang. Vacant lots pockmark...

City Hyde Park, at the corner of Lake Park Ave. and Hyde Park Blvd is near completion.

Progress report on Jeanne Gang’s notable projects

June 16, 2018 at 11:49 a.m.

The current projects of Chicago architect Jeanne Gang span the gamut from skyscrapers to cultural centers to museums. Here is a Gang sampler. City Hyde Park, at the corner of...

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