Kiosks with stainless steel canopies and a towering glass and chrome sculpture are among the recent enhancements made to Chicago's Navy Pier, one of the largest public piers in the world. More about Chicago's century-old Navy Pier revitalised by James Corner Field Operations and nArchitects
US firm Studio Gang has completed a student residential complex for the University of Chicago that features towers sheathed in glass and sculptural white concrete panels (+ movie). More about Studio Gang clads Chicago student housing complex in wavy strips of concrete
Areas of Chicago have been fitted with a network of sensors, which will work like a Fitbit activity tracker to provide both scientists and citizens with open data about the urban environment (+ movie). More about Chicago installs "fitness tracker for the city" to improve infrastructure and residents' health
US firm Studio Dwell has created an aluminium-clad home in northern Illinois that features a cantilevering terrace and a front door located on the upper storey (+ slideshow). More about Studio Dwell embeds River View House into a sloped site in Illinois
US president Barack Obama has chosen Jackson Park in Chicago as the site to build the library that will commemorate his term in office. More about Obama selects Chicago's Jackson Park for presidential library site
Architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien have won the long-running competition to design the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago. More about Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects chosen for Obama Presidential Library
Filmmaker George Lucas has confirmed that he is pulling his MAD-designed museum from Chicago and plans to move the proposal to America's West Coast. More about George Lucas abandons Chicago museum proposal in favour of California
London and St Louis-based design studio Kiku Obata & Company is overseeing the redevelopment of an ageing downtown district in the US heartland, in a rural town where big-box stores have taken over (+ slideshow). More about Kiku Obata leads revival of historic district in a rural Illinois town
A team of architects in Chicago has proposed a house made of 3D-printed plastic and carbon-fibre panels wrapped around glazed walls (+ slideshow). More about WATG wins competition to design freeform 3D-printed house
Global firm Gensler has proposed an alternative skyscraper concept for the waterfront site in Chicago where a spiralling, supertall condominium tower by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava was slated to rise. More about Gensler unveils skyscraper design for site of Calatrava's ill-fated Chicago Spire
The University of Chicago has approved a preliminary design by New York architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro for a facility devoted to hosting talks and events. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro unveils forum building for University of Chicago campus
Bricks arranged in pinwheel patterns line the walls of skincare brand Aesop's first store in the American Midwest (+ slideshow). More about Norman Kelley uses reclaimed bricks for Aesop Bucktown in Chicago
Marks Barfield Architects and Davis Brody Bond have teamed up to design an aerial "gondola" that would stretch over the city of Chicago and serve as a major tourist attraction. More about Aerial cable car proposed for Chicago by Marks Barfield and Davis Brody Bond
Chicago's mayor has suggested moving the proposed location for the controversial museum dedicated to film director George Lucas in order for the project to go ahead. More about New location proposed for MAD's Lucas Museum in Chicago
New images of architect Jeanne Gang's Vista Tower in Chicago have been released to entice buyers to purchase luxury condominiums within the supertall skyscraper (+ slideshow). More about Studio Gang's supertall Chicago tower will include .1 million penthouse
Jeanne Gang's firm Studio Gang has completed a theatre that features an elevated glass box wrapped in bands of cedar. More about Studio Gang wraps Chicago performing arts centre in glass and wooden battens
US firm Valerio Dewalt Train Associates has completed a stone and glass arts centre in Chicago for a progressive private school for children (+ slideshow). More about Valerio Dewalt Train uses stone and glass to build angular arts building in Chicago
A proposal for two bicycle and pedestrian bridges could connect Chicago's industrial Goose Island to surrounding neighbourhoods and transit points. More about Port Urbanism proposes two bike and pedestrian bridges for Chicago's Goose Island
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: organisers of the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial have counted more than 500,000 visitors and the city has renewed its commitment to host another edition in 2017. More about Chicago Architecture Biennial attracts more than double the attendees of Venice Biennale
Architecture firm SOM incorporated principles from Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese design philosophy, while conceiving the new Chinatown Branch Library in Chicago (+ slideshow). More about SOM creates a rounded library wrapped in aluminium fins for Chicago’s Chinatown