Feature: with the first Chicago Architecture Biennial kicking off later this week, Dezeen picks 10 of the projects – past and present – that have helped shape the city that gave birth to contemporary high-rise architecture. More about The 10 projects that sum up Chicago's architectural history
In a newly released video, American architect Jeanne Gang explains how natural crystal formations inspired the shape of Vista Residences, a new skyscraper proposed for Chicago that will be the world's tallest building designed by a woman (+ movie). More about Chicago's Vista skyscraper by Jeanne Gang will be world's tallest building designed by a woman
The team led by MAD Architects has presented revised designs for the proposed George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art along Chicago's lakefront (+ slideshow). More about MAD Architects unveils slimmed-down design for Lucas Museum in Chicago
At least 11 firms have been invited to apply for the Barack Obama Presidential Library design contract in Chicago. More about Renzo Piano and Diller Scofidio + Renfro competing for Obama Presidential Library
US firm Ross Barney Architects has completed a transit station for an emerging Chicago neighbourhood, featuring a tubular structure made of stainless steel and polycarbonate panels (+ slideshow). More about Ross Barney Architects wraps a Chicago rail station in a perforated tube
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: Chilean firm Pezo Von Ellrichshausen and Nigeria-based Kunlé Adeyemi are among the architects collaborating with Chicago design schools to create lakefront kiosks for the city's first design biennial. More about Architects team up with universities to design kiosks for Chicago Architecture Biennial
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: a wall-less pavilion with a rooftop viewing platform has been named the winner of the Chicago Architecture Biennial's competition to design a lakefront kiosk. More about Ultramoderne wins competition to design lakefront kiosk for Chicago Architecture Biennial
Floor-to-ceiling glazing permits views across rooms and into the garage of this renovated Chicago office, where the owner's limited-edition Porsche is parked (+ slideshow). More about Chicago office by Vladimir Radutny features industrial details and a glass-walled garage
Chicago is expected to be named as the location for the Obama presidential library next week, with David Adjaye tipped to be the project's architect. More about Adjaye in the frame for Obama library ahead of official announcement
Architecture firm Studio Gang has unveiled its latest design for a 348-metre-high Chicago skyscraper made up of three towers with zigzagging profiles. More about Studio Gang's riverside skyscraper could be Chicago's third tallest tower
News: Frank Gehry has written an open letter defending the design for the George Lucas Museum by Chinese architecture firm MAD, as a legal wrangle threatens to delay the project. More about Frank Gehry defends MAD's Lucas Museum for Chicago as judge suspends work
News: Beijing firm MAD has unveiled the initial design for an art museum on Chicago's lakefront, which will house the collection of American film director George Lucas. More about MAD reveals concept design for George Lucas' Chicago art museum
Brutalism: the design for the clover-shaped tower of Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago was enabled by the pioneering application of one of the earliest three-dimensional modelling programmes. With its curving form, Goldberg made a clear break away from the grid formations favoured in Modernist architecture. More about Brutalist buildings: Prentice Women's Hospital, Chicago by Bertrand Goldberg & Associates
News: American film director George Lucas has appointed Beijing firm MAD and Chicago-based Studio Gang Architects to design his proposed art museum on Chicago's lakefront. More about George Lucas hires MAD and Studio Gang for Chicago art museum
News: cracked protective coating on the Willis Tower's glass viewing deck, 410 metres above ground level, leads to temporary closure. More about Glass viewing platform on Chicago's tallest building "cracks" under visitors' feet
Chicago firm Studio Gang Architects has completed a boathouse on the northern bank of the Chicago River with a rhythmic roofline intended to capture the alternating motions of a rower's arm movements (+ slideshow). More about Studio Gang's Chicago boathouse designed to echo the rhythms of rowing
News: the owners of an observation deck on the 94th storey of Chicago's John Hancock Center are considering adding a glass box into which visitors would be strapped and tilted forward to experience a bird's eye view of the city below. More about Tilting glass attraction proposed for observation deck of Chicago's John Hancock Center
Motion graphics designer Al Boardman celebrates five Chicago skyscrapers in this short animation. More about Chicago - Five Great Buildings by Al Boardman
Dezeen Wire: 11 design teams including OMA, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Zaha Hadid, Grimshaw Architects and HOK have been shortlisted in a competition to redesign the public spaces at Chicago's Navy Pier development. More about OMA, Zaha Hadid, BIG, Grimshaw and HOK on shortlist for Chicago's Navy Pier
The v-shaped roof of this Illinois tea house by architect Jeffery Poss funnels rainwater to a spout over the adjacent pond. More about Victor meditation hut by Jeffery Poss