Light-filled spaces, neutral-toned furniture and a sculptural spiral staircase bring a hospitality feeling to this life sciences building in Chicago, designed by architecture studio Gensler and developer Sterling Bay. More about Gensler and Sterling Bay design Chicago laboratory to resemble a hotel
A residential skyscraper designed by the late German-American architect Helmut Jahn has topped out in Chicago's South Loop. More about Helmut Jahn-designed 1000M skyscraper tops out in Chicago
Salvaged brick and aluminium screens feature on the exterior of a round building designed by local studio John Ronan Architects to house the Chicago Park District Headquarters and a community field house. More about John Ronan Architects creates circular brick building for Chicago Park District
A variety of monolithic furniture pieces direct the flow of movement around this fashion boutique in Chicago, designed by South Korean studio WGNB. More about WGNB creates minimal monochrome SVRN 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 about AMO experiments with materials for Stone Island store in 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 about OMA reveals design for domed innovation centre in South Chicago
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 about Mass-timber structure in Chicago to be "tallest timber-made building" in the city since Great Fire
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 about The Center Won't Hold is a geometric pavilion designed to optimise public space
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 about SOM weaves small wood pieces into SPLAM pavilion at Chicago Architecture Biennial
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 about Chicago's Swiss Consulate interior is a nod to 1960s modernism
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 about Kwong Von Glinow offers an alternative to Chicago's standard developer housing
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 about Old industrial building in Chicago transformed into artist couple's home and studios
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 about Farnsworth House installation replicates Edith Farnsworth's original decor
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 about Studio Dwell stacks black volume onto brick structure to form top-heavy Hermitage Residence
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 about "This is not a hospital" says architect behind conversion of McCormick Place
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 about David Childs redesigns halted towers for Chicago Spire site
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 about Geometry of Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House illuminated with red lasers
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 about Wheeler Kearns designs low-lying Ravine House for nature lovers in Illinois
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