For Sale: A Modernist Glass House in Olympia Fields

The award-winning home, designed by architect H.P. Davis Rockwell as his family residence, is timeless and also very 1960s.

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The 15,000 square-footer has an office modeled after the Robie House, a basement that borrows from the Hollyhock House, and so on.

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These historic homes are at the center of a push for preservation in Hermosa, Belmont-Cragin, and other neighborhoods.

No. 9 Walton, folks.

Built in the mid-’50s by Ed Dart, the meticulously preserved home listed last week for $600,000.

The tale goes that Marshall Field stripped interior finishes from an English manor to build this $3.1 million stunner.

It’s February, and Chicago’s median sale price is at its lowest in 12 months.

On the list: soaring downtown penthouses, North Shore estates, and more

As construction continues on Common Addams, activists question whether the dorm-style building is true affordable housing.

These timeless structures by the likes of E. E. Roberts and George W. Maher reflect the Midwest’s most organic architecture.

The 10,000-square-footer on historic Hutchinson Street lists today for $4.5 million.

You’ll have to open your wallet. But these four for less than $700,000 include all sorts of amenities.

The corner unit near the intersection of North, Damen, and Milwaukee boasts a 650 square-foot rooftop deck.

A home meant to showcase the future of architecture is in disrepair. Soon, a private citizen can lease if from the Parks Service, funding much-needed TLC.

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