You don’t have to wander the Loop to absorb Chicago’s architectural legacy.
Author Archives: Lynn Becker
Posted inArts & Culture
A Legacy Destroyed; The Lake House From The Lake House
Will the city let yet another Adler and Sullivan building go down?
Posted inNews & Politics
The Third School
A new kind of skyscraper heralds a new kind of Chicago architecture.
Posted inArts & Culture
Landmark This!; Live by the I Beam, Die by the I Beam; Draw Me A Picture
A rare remnant of the partnership between Daniel Burnham and John Wellborn Root gets the restoration it deserves.
Posted inNews & Politics
Chicago Needs More Cheese
And the Grant Park Advisory Council has just the thing.
Posted inArts & Culture
Sweet Nothing
Mies van der Rohe’s gloriously simple Crown Hall isn’t just restored–it’s improved.
Posted inArts & Culture
If It Looks Like a Mausoleum . . .
John Ronan has a plan to breathe new life into a dead building.
Posted inArts & Culture
Know When to Fold ‘Em
Preservationists don’t want a proposed “facadectomy” in the Jewelers Row district to set a precedent. But it’s not actually such a bad plan.
Posted inArts & Culture
Would You Like Ridiculously Gigantic Fries With That?
The new supersized Rock ‘n’ Roll McDonald’s is a joke, but it’s not a complete architectural failure.
Posted inArts & Culture
Pod Sweet Pod
New interest in manufactured housing has produced some designer dwellings to die for. But so far nobody’s figured out how to make good-looking prefab affordable.
Posted inArts & Culture
Pod Sweet Pod
New interest in manufactured housing has produced some designer dwellings to die for. But so far nobody’s figured out how to make good-looking prefab affordable.
Posted inArts & Culture
Too Cool for the Room
What good is an architect’s vision when it’s trapped in a 21-square-foot box?
Posted inArts & Culture
Inspiration or Exception?
If Millennium Park can teach Daley about the rewards of good design, it might actually warrant its outrageous price.