This fall brings the return of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, an exposition of activities, tours, and exhibitions all over the city that highlight the power of architecture and the ways in which Chicagoans inhabit the spaces of the city. Although looking at skyscrapers and touring old houses are always edifying and fun ways to check […]
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South-side champion
Writer-photographer Lee Bey’s new book Southern Exposure showcases architectural masterworks on the typically neglected south and west sides.
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Eviction is more than just a bureaucratic process
An architecture critic and a housing reporter visit a new exhibition in Milwaukee.
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Survival of the starter home
Could a design contest help replenish Chicago’s affordable housing stock?
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The Beach is the interactive exhibit Navy Pier deserves
Neither art nor architecture, this ball pit is completely Instagram ready.
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Hedwig Dances assembles a Bauhaus-inspired Futura
The contemporary troupe explores the architecture of dance.
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The City Museum in Saint Louis will do anything—even risk eternal damnation—to build its Louis Sullivan collection
The Chicago School is alive and well—300 miles south of the city.
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Jackson Park and Thompson Center lead Preservation Chicago’s annual list of the city’s seven most-endangered architectural treasures
Jackson Park is the designated site of the Obama Presidential Library.
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Are tiny houses a solution to homelessness in Chicago?
The push for a small answer to a massive problem
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Bored of Chicago’s newer buildings? Blame split-face concrete block.
During the last building boom, developers favored the blocks for easy, predictable, and cheap construction.
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The MLB is investigating domestic abuse allegations against Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, and other Chicago news
Also, actor Stacy Keach speaks after his onstage heart attack.
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How would plans to replace the Thompson Center impact service at Clark/Lake?
Advocates want guarantees that transit access will be preserved.
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After his proposal to block Trump Tower with pig balloons, this architect received ‘brutally abusive’ calls
“We were told to shove the pigs any number of ways,” says Jeffrey Roberts of Chicago firm New World Design Ltd.
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Report: Chicago police are shooting fewer civilians since the Laquan McDonald video release, and other news
Also, a local start-up wants to help Americans make informed decisions on their ballots before they vote.
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A week after its completion, the new leg of the Riverwalk is almost done
A jaunt down the newly opened but not quite finished stretch from LaSalle Street to Wolf Point.