David Childs redesigns halted towers for Chicago Spire site
SOM's David Childs has updated the design of a pair of towers proposed to occupy the site of Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire. More
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John Ronan creates affordable housing in Chicago with colourful balconies and a library
A spectrum of vivid hues were incorporated throughout a mixed-use building in Chicago by John Ronan Architects that contains a public library at ground level and low-cost senior housing up above. More
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MASS Design Group builds glass memorial for victims of gun violence at Chicago Architecture Biennial
The Gun Violence Memorial Project at this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial is an installation of houses filled with items belonging to victims of gun violence. More
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SOM uses robotic technology to construct concrete Stereoform Slab for 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Two concrete columns hold up a curving concrete roof of this pavilion that architecture firm SOM has built using a method it says could reduce the carbon footprint of high-rise concrete buildings. More
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Five installations and exhibits not to miss at Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019
The artistic director of this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial Yesomi Umolu has picked five highlights from the event, including a glass memorial dedicated to victims of gun violence victims and a small cinema set that explores race and gender in the 20th-century. More
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Forensic Architecture investigates Harith Augustus shooting in six videos
Forensic Architecture and Invisible Institute have created six videos that investigate the police's killing of African American barber Harith Augustus for this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial. More
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Studio Gang clads Chicago high-rise in energy-saving concrete panels
Dezeen promotion: materials developer Rieder has clad the facades of Solstice on the Park, a residential tower in Chicago designed by Studio Gang, in modular concrete panels. More
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Thayer Brick House is hidden behind a brick screen
American firms Brooks + Scarpa and Studio Dwell have created a suburban Chicago home with an inner courtyard screened from the road by "vertical twisting columns" of brick. More
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SOM designs concourse terminals for Studio ORD's Chicago O'Hare airport
American firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has been selected to design a pair of concourse terminals as part of the major Chicago O'Hare Airport expansion. More
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Visitor centre revealed for Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio
Chicago architect John Ronan has designed a Prairie-style visitor centre to adjoin Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio in Oak Park, Illinois.
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Vladimir Radutny overhauls industrial Michigan Loft apartment in Chicago
This apartment in Chicago, which features wood and steel volumes slotted within an exposed concrete structure, was designed by local firm Vladimir Radutny Architects to create a spacious home for a couple. More
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Virgil Abloh's first solo exhibition opens at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
A major retrospective of the work of designer Virgil Abloh has opened in Chicago, bringing together everything from architectural constructions to Nike sneaker designs and slogan rugs for IKEA. More
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The Hoxton hotel opens in Chicago's old meatpacking area
London hotelier Ennismore has opened an outpost of The Hoxton, including a co-working lobby space and rooftop pool, on the site of an old meatpacking facility in Chicago. More
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Virgil Abloh opens NikeLab pop-up in Chicago
Nike and designer Virgil Abloh have opened a temporary NikeLab space in Chicago where architects and designers can host workshops with the local community. More
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The Wing's women-focused co-working club in Chicago takes cues from Frank Lloyd Wright
The Wing, a co-working club dedicated to women, has opened a hub in Chicago featuring details that draw on the Prairie style of 20th-century architect Frank Lloyd Wright. More
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Pritzker to sell Helmut Jahn's postmodern Thompson Center in Chicago
The governor of Illinois, whose family started the Pritzker Prize, is set to sell Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago, putting the fate of the postmodern building in "serious trouble". More
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Helmut Jahn pens magenta note attacking "premeditated" selection of Studio Gang for O'Hare airport expansion
Chicago architect Helmut Jahn has sent a hand-written note to the Chicago Tribune condemning the selection of a team led by Jeanne Gang to design an extension to O'Hare airport, describing it as "premeditated" and "not justified". More
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Great glass elevator to whisk visitors 83-storeys up Chicago's Aon Center
North America's tallest glass elevator, designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz, will climb the exterior of the modernist Aon Center skyscraper in Chicago in 60 seconds offering tourists panoramic views. More
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Studio Gang to design Chicago O'Hare airport terminal
A team led by Studio Gang founder Jeanne Gang has been named the winner of the bid for the concourse and terminal at Chicago O'Hare airport, beating competition from SOM, Foster + Partners and Santiago Calatrava. More
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Norman Kelley preserves "layered history" inside revamped Notre store in Chicago
US firm Norman Kelley has merged old and new elements inside the flagship store for clothing retailer Notre, which is housed inside a 113-year-old building in central Chicago. More
