Architecture
5 years
ago
Chicago from Above
Stunning aerial images show the city in a new way.
5 years
ago
How the Conservatively Radical Architect Howard Van Doren Shaw Changed the American House
He came from wealth and made quiet, comfortable country homes for Chicago’s wealthy. But they also quietly tell a story of social change and architectural evolution.
5 years
ago
Robie House Is Nominated as a World Heritage Site
The 1910 masterpiece by Frank Lloyd Wright is Prairie Style perfected, but it has a lot of wear and tear to recover from. I dropped by this week to check on the progress.
5 years
ago
After the Spire
It was supposed to be the second-tallest building in the world. Instead, it’s the city’s biggest crater.
Chicago architects offer six out-of-the-box ideas for the site of the Spire that never was.
6 years
ago
What the Chicago Architecture Biennial Will Look Like
An interview with artistic directors Joseph Grima and Sarah Herda reveals the blueprint for next year’s inaugural exhibition.
6 years
ago
Ma Yansong’s Lucas Museum Is a Challenge to Chicago Architecture
MAD Architects released its initial renderings of the lakefront’s next architectural landmark. People think it’s weird, but what is the building trying to do?
6 years
ago
A Don Erickson House with Suspension Bridge Lists in Barrington Hills
Erickson went to great lengths to respectfully plant this home in its six-acre landscape; it’s yours for $649,000.
6 years
ago
The Top Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week
Divergent author Veronica Roth talks writing, a dance troupe turns to comedy, and Swan Lake moves to 19th-century Paris.
6 years
ago
Living in a Mies van der Rohe Building Costs a Lot Less Than You’d Expect
Get a beautifully designed space for about $100,000 at Hyde Park’s Promontory Apartments, the famed architect’s first residential high-rise.
6 years
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