Architecture and Design
“The design was informed by history, culture, and a strong sense of place, making it more than just a structure,” said the building’s architect, Juan Gabriel Moreno.
The Bach and Lang houses aren’t endangered, but it is good to see the important residences being positioned for continued use. Jennifer Pritzker, cousin of Gov. JB Pritzker, made the donation.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources wants a group to put the hotel back in business. “It’s about safeguarding a cornerstone of American history,” the head of the Historic Pullman Foundation said.
President Donald Trump wants to give preference to traditional and classical designs, a plan that could saddle us with buildings trying to mimic ancient Rome or 18th century America. The American Institute of Architects said the memorandum would stifle innovation.
A fanciful 20,000-pound depiction of a ram cracked during installation at the National Public Housing Museum on Taylor Street.
In February 2003, a crowd rushing for the exit led to 21 deaths and left 50 injured. An emergency demolition order was recently issued for the almost 115-year-old two-story building in the historic Motor Row District.
The Spirit of Progress, depicting the goddess Diana, has stood on the tower of the Montgomery Ward and Co. administration building along the east bank of the Chicago River for nearly a century. A Forest Park firm will repair and restore the statue, and it will return in the spring.
It might be hard to believe this unique Art Deco building and plaza could be wrecked and replaced with a shiny new and significantly taller Wolf Point-style office tower — and there appears to be no current plans to do so. But this is still Chicago. And the right deal can make virtually anything possible.
The U.S. General Service Administration’s overly restrictive, security-centered guidelines undercut its own effort to redevelop the historic skyscrapers.
Said Barbara Gordon of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy: “It’s part of this story of Wright in this area, and that’s why it’s so important to continue to save it. And it’s really important to keep it in Austin and have Austin celebrate it as one of their assets.”
The transit agency announced Wednesday the station entrance in the Thompson Center, now under construction to become Google’s new Chicago headquarters, will be moved to the northeast corner of the building on Clark Street.
Finding a new use for the Elgin Mental Health Center tower is a tall order, but better than chopping down a Bertrand Goldberg-designed building.
Streeterville office building transforming into apartments, with plans for rooftop pickleball courts
Horizon Realty Group will create 72 loft-style apartments for its first office-to-residential conversion.
The rendering obtained by the Sun-Times is the first look Google has provided of its vision for the remade interior of the Helmut Jahn-designed icon.
A curious bunch of souls joined the Chicago Architecture Center’s 90-minute Symbols In Stone tour of Graceland Cemetery, where they learned about the signs, symbols and history of graves and statues.
What do you value in our city’s built environment? Residents have options to provide their input on what’s best for the city’s development, the head of the Chicago Architecture Center writes.
Chicagoans perused odds and ends at Salvage One and got a peek inside the restored interior of the historic Astor Club during the citywide event, which continues Sunday.
Lowe’s 1975 book became a battle hymnal of the city’s nascent preservation movement.
The property will replace the James L. Allen Center and nearly double the business school’s classroom size.
Observation deck company 360 Chicago said it would rely on Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s experience to determine what to build on the 95th and 96th floors of the former Hancock center, now called 875 N. Michigan Ave.
The elegant building at 161 E. Erie St. was constructed when the neighborhood was rebuilt after the Great Chicago Fire.
The Winslow house was Wright’s first independently commissioned home, dating to 1894. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Developer Quintin Primo III has expressed interest in submitting a proposal, and others likely will too. Negotiation and flexibility about security measures will be key.
The two-story building at 2347 S. Michigan Ave. is part of the historic Motor Row District . It once housed a Fiat showroom, but in 2003, it was where 21 people died in a stampede.
With its decision to save the two Loop skyscrapers but nix residential and other reuse, it’s as if the General Services Administration gave the city a bright balloon it wants to jab with a stickpin.
A series of public meetings have been held to discuss alternatives for the buildings, which are on the National Register of Historic Places.