AMO experiments with materials for Stone Island store in Chicago
Fashion brand Stone Island has debuted a retail concept by Dutch studio AMO, which includes surfaces made from compressed shredded paper, burnt cork and sand-coated steel. More
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OMA reveals design for domed innovation centre in South Chicago
Dutch architecture studio OMA has unveiled its design for a glass-and-metal dome in Chicago that will serve as the headquarters for the American research organisation Discovery Partners Institute. More
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Mass-timber structure in Chicago to be "tallest timber-made building" in the city since Great Fire
Chicago architecture studio Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture has announced plans for 2100 N Southport Avenue, a mass-timber residential tower in the Lincoln Park neighbourhood of Chicago. More
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The Center Won't Hold is a geometric pavilion designed to optimise public space
Multidisciplinary design office The Open Workshop has created an experimental pavilion that proposes how Chicago's vacant public spaces could be used for communal living. More
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SOM weaves small wood pieces into SPLAM pavilion at Chicago Architecture Biennial
SOM has worked with the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning to explore a low-carbon alternative to conventional timber framing called SLT and build a pavilion to demonstrate its capabilities. More
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Chicago's Swiss Consulate interior is a nod to 1960s modernism
Swiss firm HHF and Chicago-based studio Kwong Von Glinow have collaborated on the interiors of the Swiss Consulate located in Chicago's landmark John Hancock Center. More
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Kwong Von Glinow offers an alternative to Chicago's standard developer housing
Chicago studio Kwong Von Glinow has built Ardmore House to prove it's possible to design a high-quality home for a standard city lot. More
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Old industrial building in Chicago transformed into artist couple's home and studios
Toronto architect Carlo Parente has renovated an old and dilapidated mason's shop in Chicago to create a live and work space called Facility for artists Nick Cave and Bob Faust. More
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Farnsworth House installation replicates Edith Farnsworth's original decor
Farnsworth House, the glass house designed by Mies van der Rohe in Illinois, has been redecorated for an installation to feature furnishings and personal belongings of its original client Edith Farnsworth. More
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Studio Dwell stacks black volume onto brick structure to form top-heavy Hermitage Residence
US architecture firm Studio Dwell has stacked a rectangular volume clad with black zinc on top of a pale brick structure to form this residence on a corner lot in Chicago. More
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"This is not a hospital" says architect behind conversion of McCormick Place
Convention centres that have been rapidly turned into facilities for coronavirus patients should not be called hospitals, says Doug King, the healthcare principal of Stantec, which has overseen the transformation of Chicago's McCormick Place. More
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David Childs redesigns halted towers for Chicago Spire site
SOM's David Childs has updated his design for a pair of towers proposed for 400 Lake Shore Drive, the site of Santiago Calatrava's scrapped Chicago Spire. More
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Geometry of Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House illuminated with red lasers
Designer Iker Gil and Luftwerk have projected a grid of red lasers across Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House to highlight the building's geometric form and its history. More
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Wheeler Kearns designs low-lying Ravine House for nature lovers in Illinois
American studio Wheeler Kearns Architects has completed a single-storey residence on a wooded site outside of Chicago, featuring black facades and large windows that engage the landscape. 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
