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 about John Ronan creates affordable housing in Chicago with colourful balconies and a library
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 about MASS Design Group builds glass memorial for victims of gun violence at 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 about SOM uses robotic technology to construct concrete Stereoform Slab for 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Yesomi Umolu, the artistic director of this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial, 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 about Five installations and exhibits not to miss at Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019
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 about Forensic Architecture investigates Harith Augustus shooting in six videos
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 about Studio Gang clads Chicago high-rise in energy-saving concrete panels
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 about Thayer Brick House is hidden behind a brick screen
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 about SOM designs concourse terminals for Studio ORD's Chicago O'Hare airport
Chicago architect John Ronan has designed a Prairie-style visitor centre to adjoin Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio in Oak Park, Illinois.
More about Visitor centre revealed for Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio
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 about Vladimir Radutny overhauls industrial Michigan Loft apartment in 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 about Virgil Abloh's first solo exhibition opens at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
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 about The Hoxton hotel opens in Chicago's old meatpacking area
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 about Virgil Abloh opens NikeLab pop-up in Chicago
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 about The Wing's women-focused co-working club in Chicago takes cues from Frank Lloyd Wright
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 about Pritzker to sell Helmut Jahn's postmodern Thompson Center in Chicago
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 about Helmut Jahn pens magenta note attacking "premeditated" selection of Studio Gang for O'Hare airport expansion
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 about Great glass elevator to whisk visitors 83-storeys up Chicago's Aon Center
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 about Studio Gang to design Chicago O'Hare airport terminal
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 about Norman Kelley preserves "layered history" inside revamped Notre store in Chicago
Fast-food company McDonald's has moved into a new headquarters in Chicago, where employees have access to a multitude of workspaces and new hires are enrolled in a collegiate experience. More about McDonald's HQ in Chicago includes Hamburger University for new recruits